Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Venezuela
Venezuela: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 16.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Venezuela, 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 Venezuela is 16.1%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Venezuela peaked at 17.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 12.4%, in 2011.
That places Venezuela 76th out of 187 countries 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 Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17.8% | — |
| 2006 | 16.3% | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 15.6% | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14.1% | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 12.8% | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 12.6% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 13.2% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 13.4% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 17.4% | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 16.0% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 16.1% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 16.1% | +0.4% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 16.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.9%, 90% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 16.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.5%, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.9% | 14.1% | 17.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 12.4% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 16.0% | 17.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
- 73 Turkmenistan 16.4% compare
- 74 Iran 16.2% compare
- 75 Turkey 16.2% compare
- 77 Mozambique 16.1% compare
- 78 Suriname 15.6% compare
- 79 Costa Rica 15.5% compare
More work & labour data for Venezuela
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,601 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 51.65 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 11,326 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.73 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.69 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 30,625 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 10,899 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 48.69 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.43 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.9762 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Venezuela?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Venezuela was 16.1% 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4% in 2011.
- How does Venezuela rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
- Venezuela ranks 76th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela 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).