Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Philippines
Philippines: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) was 12.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Philippines, 2006–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Philippines is 12.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 503.3% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Philippines peaked at 19.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2023.
That places Philippines 58th out of 125 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Philippines, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18.5% | — |
| 2007 | 19.0% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 18.4% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 19.3% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 18.1% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 18.3% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 18.2% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 17.5% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 17.7% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 15.8% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 17.7% | +24.6% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | -17.8% |
| 2022 | 10.4% | -28.5% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | -79.5% |
| 2024 | 12.9% | +503.3% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 12.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.0%, 86% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 12.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.9%, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Philippines changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +503.3% | 2.1% | 12.9% |
| 2023 | -79.5% | 10.4% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.6% | 18.4% | 19.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 17.0% | 14.2% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 2.1% | 17.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Philippines?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Philippines was 12.9% 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 19.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2023.
- How does Philippines rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Philippines ranks 58th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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).