Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in IDA total
IDA total: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 15.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in IDA total, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
IDA total recorded 15.3% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in IDA total peaked at 16.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.2%, in 2005.
That places IDA total 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 IDA total, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12.2% | — |
| 2006 | 12.4% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 13.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 13.6% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 14.4% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 14.6% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 16.2% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 15.3% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 15.3% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 15.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.6% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 13.1% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 15.3% | 16.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 15 East Timor 28.6% compare
- 16 Sierra Leone 28.5% compare
- 17 Namibia 28.1% compare
- 18 Samoa 27.8% compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of Congo 27.4% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 27.2% compare
- 21 Senegal 26.9% compare
More work & labour data for IDA total
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 65.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 50.9% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 71.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 41.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 52.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in IDA total?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in IDA total was 15.3% 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2% in 2005.
- How does IDA total rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
- IDA total ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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).