Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore
Singapore: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male was 7.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore, 2013–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore stood at 7.7%.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 185.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore peaked at 7.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2014.
That places Singapore 105th out of 123 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2.8% | — |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | +24.1% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | +128.2% |
| 2022 | 7.6% | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 7.3% | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 7.7% | +5.9% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 7.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.9%, 78% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 7.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.3%, 83% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +128.2% | 3.4% | 7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 3.4% | 7.8% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Singapore
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Singapore was 7.7% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2014.
- How does Singapore rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Singapore ranks 105th out of 123 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 185.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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).