Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 15.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh, 2005–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
In 2024, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh stood at 15.4%.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh peaked at 43.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2023.
That places Bangladesh 59th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 31.0% | — |
| 2006 | 32.3% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 30.1% | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 43.6% | +45.2% |
| 2013 | 32.0% | -26.6% |
| 2016 | 28.9% | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 15.0% | -45.4% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | +7.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 15.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.8%, 65% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.6% | 31.0% | 32.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 32.4% | 27.4% | 43.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 14.3% | 15.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More work & labour data for Bangladesh
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4985 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4763 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5215 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 117,837 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 84,090 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 104,333 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 104,263 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 208,597 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bangladesh was 15.4% in 2024, 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2023.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Bangladesh ranks 59th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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).