Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) was 3.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Netherlands, 1983–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 3.8% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in 2025.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Netherlands peaked at 10.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2001.
That places Netherlands 124th out of 125 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9.6% | — |
| 1985 | 7.5% | -22.2% |
| 1987 | 5.6% | -25.4% |
| 1988 | 5.4% | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 4.6% | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 4.0% | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 3.8% | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 3.5% | -8.1% |
| 1993 | 4.7% | +34.7% |
| 1994 | 6.0% | +30.0% |
| 1995 | 6.6% | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 10.8% | +64.5% |
| 1997 | 10.0% | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 6.8% | -32.6% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | -63.2% |
| 2001 | 2.7% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | +44.5% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 6.3% | +36.4% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | -21.5% |
| 2008 | 4.1% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | +24.8% |
| 2010 | 4.9% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -14.0% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +22.0% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 4.5% | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | -34.0% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | +15.2% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | +16.8% |
| 2025 | 3.8% | -8.0% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 3.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.7%, 39% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 3.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.9%, 38% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.5% | 4.6% | 9.6% | 5 |
| 1990s | 6.3% | 3.5% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 2.7% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Netherlands?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Netherlands was 3.8% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2001.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Netherlands ranks 124th out of 125 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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).