Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine

Palestine: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) was 19.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
19.8%
Change on year
down 12.7%
World rank
54th
of 187 countries
All-time high
26.2%
in 2018
All-time low
19.8%
in 2022
Years of data
18
2005–2022

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine, 2005–2022

01020302005201320222005: 212006: 21.22007: 21.92008: 23.12009: 22.32010: 22.62011: 19.92012: 21.32013: 23.32014: 25.82015: 23.92016: 24.22017: 25.82018: 26.22019: 21.72020: 25.22021: 22.72022: 19.8

Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).

Analysis

Palestine recorded 19.8% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.7% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine peaked at 26.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 19.8%, in 2022.

That places Palestine 54th out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) in Palestine, 2005 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2005 21.0%
2006 21.2% +0.9%
2007 21.9% +3.4%
2008 23.1% +5.7%
2009 22.3% -3.6%
2010 22.6% +1.5%
2011 19.9% -12.3%
2012 21.3% +7.4%
2013 23.3% +9.4%
2014 25.8% +10.6%
2015 23.9% -7.5%
2016 24.2% +1.3%
2017 25.8% +6.5%
2018 26.2% +1.6%
2019 21.7% -16.9%
2020 25.2% +16.1%
2021 22.7% -10.1%
2022 19.8% -12.7%

Palestine compared with similar countries

  • Palestine's 19.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.9%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Palestine's 19.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 16.2%, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 21.9% 21.0% 23.1% 5
2010s 23.5% 19.9% 26.2% 10
2020s 22.6% 19.8% 25.2% 3

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 51 Oman 20.8% compare
  2. 52 Dominican Republic 20.8% compare
  3. 53 Laos 20.3% compare
  4. 55 Nepal 19.7% compare
  5. 56 Comoros 19.6% compare
  6. 57 North Macedonia 19.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine?
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine was 19.8% in 2022, 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 Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 26.2% in 2018.
What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 2022.
How does Palestine rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of)?
Palestine ranks 54th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine 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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Indicator
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 4,921 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed

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).