Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Moldova
Moldova: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male was 8.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Moldova, 2000–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 8.1% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.5% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Moldova peaked at 30.3% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2025.
Moldova ranks 102nd of 123 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.0% | — |
| 2001 | 27.1% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 28.6% | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 29.2% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 30.3% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 30.2% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 27.1% | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 27.2% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 24.5% | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 24.7% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 23.4% | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 23.3% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 22.7% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 22.6% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 20.4% | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 18.5% | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 19.7% | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 18.4% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | -11.7% |
| 2020 | 16.6% | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 13.8% | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 15.2% | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 12.2% | -16.3% |
| 2025 | 8.1% | -33.5% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 8.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.7%, 55% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 8.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.7%, 75% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.5% | 24.5% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.9% | 18.4% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 8.1% | 16.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More work & labour data for Moldova
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 654.38 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 72.49 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,725 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.5 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.726 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 24,890 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,854 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 71.4 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) -0.868 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.4043 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Moldova?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Moldova was 8.1% in 2025, 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 30.3% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2025.
- How does Moldova rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Moldova ranks 102nd out of 123 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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).