Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Greece
Greece: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 10.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Greece, 1987–2025
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 Greece is 10.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Greece peaked at 29.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2025.
That places Greece 90th 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 39 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22.3% | — |
| 1988 | 21.4% | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 20.2% | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 19.4% | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 21.2% | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 18.1% | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 21.2% | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 18.3% | -13.8% |
| 1995 | 18.2% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 18.7% | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 18.1% | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 26.4% | +45.9% |
| 1999 | 26.2% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 25.0% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 24.5% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 24.0% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 29.1% | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 24.5% | -15.8% |
| 2005 | 22.4% | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | -40.6% |
| 2007 | 13.1% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 13.1% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +16.1% |
| 2012 | 21.1% | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 17.9% | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 16.2% | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 15.9% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 11.4% | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 12.5% | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 10.4% | -16.6% |
| 2025 | 10.4% | -0.6% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 10.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.1%, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Greece's 10.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.2%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21.3% | 20.2% | 22.3% | 3 |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 18.1% | 26.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.2% | 13.1% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.4% | 13.0% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 10.4% | 13.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Greece?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Greece was 10.4% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 29.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2025.
- How does Greece rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Greece ranks 90th out of 124 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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).