Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia
Armenia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 20.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia, 2001–2023
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 20.2% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 17.8% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia peaked at 38.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 20.2%, in 2023.
That places Armenia 40th out of 124 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37.9% | — |
| 2007 | 38.7% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 38.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 38.5% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 38.3% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 37.2% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 34.6% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 38.0% | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 35.6% | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 36.6% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 36.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 24.7% | -32.4% |
| 2019 | 25.5% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 21.9% | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 24.5% | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 20.2% | -17.8% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 20.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.7%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 20.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.2%, 2.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -32.4% | 36.6% | 24.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.3% | 37.9% | 38.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 34.2% | 24.7% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 20.2% | 26.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Armenia was 20.2% in 2023, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 38.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.2% in 2023.
- How does Armenia rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Armenia ranks 40th out of 124 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population). 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).