Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Brunei
Brunei: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 14.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Brunei, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Brunei recorded 14.5% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in 2025.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Brunei peaked at 20.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 2023.
Brunei ranks 91st of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15.0% | — |
| 2006 | 15.1% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 15.3% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 15.7% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 15.7% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 15.5% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 15.6% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 17.0% | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 18.6% | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 18.6% | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 18.5% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 20.3% | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 17.5% | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 19.2% | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -25.2% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 14.5% | +0.5% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 14.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.3%, 1.4× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 14.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10.7%, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Brunei 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -25.2% | 19.2% | 14.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.3% | 15.0% | 15.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 15.4% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 14.4% | 20.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More work & labour data for Brunei
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 137.72 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.56 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 240.28 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.43 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.08 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 172,284 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 64,415 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 60.11 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.06 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.5234 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Brunei?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Brunei was 14.5% 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 Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 2023.
- How does Brunei rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
- Brunei ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei 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).