Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male was 11.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income, 2005–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
In 2024, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income stood at 11.4%.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income peaked at 17.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2012.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10.6% | — |
| 2010 | 10.5% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | +39.0% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 17.8% | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 14.3% | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | -15.7% |
| 2023 | 11.0% | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 11.4% | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 10.3% | 15.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 11.0% | 17.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More work & labour data for Lower middle income
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 39.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 38.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 41.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 53.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 61.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Lower middle income was 11.4% in 2024, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2012.
- How does Lower middle income rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Lower middle income ranks 14th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).