Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) by country
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...
Countries reporting
126
Highest
65.7%
Belarus
Lowest
3.1%
Japan
Median
15.3%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,821
What the numbers show
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 65.7% in Belarus; the lowest is 3.1% in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.3%, and the mean is 17.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 716.4%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 69.6%).
Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 65.7% | 2024 | up 716.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Malawi | 39.4% | 2024 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 3 | Botswana | 38.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 4 | Venezuela | 37.1% | 2020 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 5 | South Africa | 34.6% | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 6 | Senegal | 34.3% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 7 | Namibia | 31.6% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 8 | Guyana | 31.3% | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 30.1% | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 10 | Kosovo | 30.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 10 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 30.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 12 | Jordan | 29.4% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 29.3% | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 14 | East Timor | 29.1% | 2022 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 15 | Honduras | 29.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 28.8% | 2025 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 28.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 18 | Zambia | 26.7% | 2024 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 19 | Palestine | 25.8% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 20 | India | 25.6% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 25.5% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 22 | Angola | 24.9% | 2025 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 23 | Belize | 24.9% | 2019 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 24 | New Caledonia | 24.7% | 2023 | up 109.0% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 24.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 24.5% | 2025 | down 40.3% | flat |
| 27 | Iran | 24.3% | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 23.8% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 29 | Turkey | 23.3% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 23.2% | 2021 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 22.8% | 2022 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 22.6% | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 33 | Guatemala | 22.3% | 2025 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 34 | Colombia | 22.0% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 35 | Indonesia | 21.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 36 | Albania | 21.0% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 37 | Algeria | 20.9% | 2017 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 38 | Fiji | 20.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 39 | Armenia | 20.2% | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 40 | Grenada | 20.1% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 41 | Jamaica | 19.7% | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 19.5% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 19.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.3% | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 19.1% | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 46 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.8% | 2022 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 47 | Brazil | 18.7% | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 18.6% | 2017 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 49 | Kenya | 18.5% | 2021 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 50 | Brunei | 18.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 51 | Ghana | 18.2% | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 52 | Seychelles | 17.8% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 53 | Ecuador | 17.7% | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 17.2% | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 55 | Romania | 16.5% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 56 | Ukraine | 16.5% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 57 | Philippines | 16.5% | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 16.4% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 59 | Mexico | 16.2% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.8% | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Niger | 15.7% | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 15.4% | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 63 | Bhutan | 15.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 15.3% | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 65 | Rwanda | 15.3% | 2025 | up 196.3% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 15.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 67 | Argentina | 15.2% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 68 | Tanzania | 15.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 69 | Panama | 15.1% | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 70 | Myanmar | 15.0% | 2020 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.5% | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 72 | United Kingdom | 14.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 73 | Montenegro | 14.2% | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 74 | Mauritius | 13.9% | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 75 | Uganda | 13.8% | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 13.4% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 77 | Austria | 13.4% | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 78 | Canada | 13.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 79 | Togo | 13.0% | 2022 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 80 | New Zealand | 12.8% | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 81 | Serbia | 12.7% | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 12.6% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 12.5% | 2025 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 12.4% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 85 | Nigeria | 11.9% | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 86 | United States | 11.6% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 11.5% | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 88 | France | 11.0% | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 89 | Estonia | 10.9% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 10.4% | 2025 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 91 | Vietnam | 10.3% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 92 | Malaysia | 10.2% | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 93 | Poland | 10.1% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 94 | Italy | 9.9% | 2025 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 95 | Cambodia | 9.7% | 2025 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 96 | Hungary | 9.5% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 9.5% | 2016 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 98 | Spain | 9.4% | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 99 | Cyprus | 9.4% | 2025 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 100 | Finland | 9.1% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 101 | Latvia | 9.1% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 102 | Moldova | 9.1% | 2025 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 103 | Mongolia | 9.0% | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 104 | Croatia | 9.0% | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 105 | Australia | 8.4% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 106 | Malta | 8.4% | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 107 | Germany | 8.2% | 2025 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 108 | Slovakia | 8.0% | 2025 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 109 | Bolivia | 8.0% | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 110 | Denmark | 7.9% | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 7.7% | 2025 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 112 | Belgium | 7.4% | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 113 | Switzerland | 7.0% | 2025 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 114 | Portugal | 6.9% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 115 | Slovenia | 6.8% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 116 | Russia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 117 | Singapore | 6.5% | 2025 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 118 | Ireland | 6.4% | 2025 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 119 | Norway | 6.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 120 | Hong Kong | 6.0% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 121 | Macao | 5.0% | 2016 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 122 | Sweden | 5.0% | 2025 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Czechia | 4.9% | 2025 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Iceland | 4.0% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 125 | Netherlands | 3.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 126 | Japan | 3.1% | 2019 | down 29.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 33.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 33.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 32.2%
- South Asia 25.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 25.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 22.7%
- Lower middle income 21.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 18.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 18.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 18.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.7%
- OECD members 13.1%
- North America 11.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 11.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 10.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 10.7%
- High income 10.6%
- European Union 9.4%
- Euro area 9.2%
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).