Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States
United States: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male was 11.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States, 1994–2025
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 United States is 11.3%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States peaked at 14.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2000.
That places United States 72nd out of 123 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 11.9% | — |
| 1995 | 11.4% | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 11.2% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 10.7% | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 10.1% | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 9.9% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 10.6% | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 11.2% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 11.8% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 11.6% | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +24.3% |
| 2010 | 14.9% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 9.9% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | +37.4% |
| 2021 | 11.8% | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 11.0% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 11.2% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 11.3% | +1.2% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 11.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.9%, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +37.4% | 9.9% | 13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.9% | 9.9% | 11.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 11.2% | 9.7% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.0% | 9.9% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 10.8% | 13.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
More work & labour data for United States
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in United States was 11.3% 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2000.
- How does United States rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- United States ranks 72nd out of 123 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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).