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
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of) in Palestine, 2005–2022
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
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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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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).