Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos
Laos: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 20.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos stood at 20.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos peaked at 23.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 20.1%, in 2023.
That places Laos 53rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22.8% | — |
| 2006 | 22.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 22.6% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 22.5% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 22.1% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 22.0% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 22.1% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 22.4% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 22.3% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 23.2% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 23.7% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 23.2% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 21.5% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 20.4% | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 20.2% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 20.3% | +0.4% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 20.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.9%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Laos's 20.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10.7%, 1.9× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.6% | 22.1% | 22.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 22.7% | 22.0% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 20.1% | 22.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More work & labour data for Laos
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,934 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.2 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 3,788 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.25 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.16 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,084 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,038 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.37 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.63 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Laos was 20.3% 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 Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 23.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.1% in 2023.
- How does Laos rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
- Laos ranks 53rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos 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).