Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in Bolivia
Bolivia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total was 8.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bolivia, 1989–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bolivia stood at 8.0%. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bolivia peaked at 22.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2025.
That places Bolivia 109th out of 126 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 15.7% | — |
| 1990 | 16.5% | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 13.1% | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 14.0% | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 13.1% | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 11.6% | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 9.8% | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 13.4% | +35.7% |
| 2000 | 14.4% | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 22.9% | +59.6% |
| 2002 | 21.4% | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | -38.8% |
| 2005 | 12.1% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 9.7% | -12.1% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 10.9% | +18.2% |
| 2012 | 10.4% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 11.2% | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | +30.5% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | -25.9% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | -19.9% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 9.6% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | -16.4% |
| 2025 | 8.0% | -0.8% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 8.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 34% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 8.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 41% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.7% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 13.1% | 9.8% | 16.5% | 7 |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 9.2% | 22.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 10.4% | 14.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 8.0% | 13.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bolivia?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Bolivia was 8.0% in 2025, 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 Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2025.
- How does Bolivia rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Bolivia ranks 109th out of 126 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia 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).