Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 13.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 13.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Mongolia peaked at 18.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13.3%, in 2023.
Mongolia ranks 99th of 187 countries on this measure, 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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17.0% | — |
| 2006 | 16.7% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 17.4% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 16.7% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 15.1% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 15.3% | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 18.7% | +34.0% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 16.3% | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 16.8% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 16.2% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 13.3% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 13.5% | +0.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 13.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16.2%, 83% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 13.5% 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 Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +34.0% | 13.9% | 18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.1% | 16.7% | 17.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 16.2% | 13.9% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 13.3% | 16.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More work & labour data for Mongolia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1039 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1076 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0999 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 3,167 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 908.11 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,756 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,763 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,519 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Mongolia?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Mongolia was 13.5% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.3% in 2023.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
- Mongolia ranks 99th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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).