Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile
Chile: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 13.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile, 1990–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile is 13.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile peaked at 28.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 2025.
That places Chile 74th out of 124 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 28.1% | — |
| 1992 | 24.1% | -14.4% |
| 1994 | 24.6% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 20.8% | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 23.3% | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 24.0% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 20.5% | -14.5% |
| 2006 | 19.9% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 23.2% | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 19.5% | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 19.2% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 18.0% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 18.4% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 19.0% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 19.2% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 17.5% | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 19.2% | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 15.3% | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 15.3% | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 13.8% | -10.2% |
| 2025 | 13.4% | -2.4% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 13.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.1%, 1.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Chile's 13.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 69% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.2% | 20.8% | 28.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 21.9% | 19.9% | 24.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 17.5% | 19.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 13.4% | 19.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Chile was 13.4% 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 28.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 2025.
- How does Chile rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Chile ranks 74th out of 124 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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).