Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia
Bolivia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 4.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia is 4.7%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia peaked at 9.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2009.
That places Bolivia 180th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5.6% | — |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -30.3% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 4.1% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | -18.8% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | +20.2% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +78.9% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | -29.7% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | +56.0% |
| 2020 | 9.5% | +47.0% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | -26.5% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | -18.5% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 5.0% | -12.6% |
| 2025 | 4.7% | -5.7% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 4.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.9%, 26% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 4.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.5%, 32% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.4% | 5.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.5% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 4.7% | 9.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
- 177 United Arab Emirates 5.5% compare
- 178 Kazakhstan 5.2% compare
- 179 Bahrain 5.0% compare
- 181 Iceland 4.4% compare
- 182 Macao 3.8% compare
- 183 Netherlands 3.5% compare
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Bolivia was 4.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2009.
- How does Bolivia rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
- Bolivia ranks 180th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate). 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).