Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in High income
High income: Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total was 10.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in High income, 2000–2025
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 High income is 10.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in High income peaked at 13.7% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in High income, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.1% | — |
| 2001 | 13.5% | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 13.3% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 12.7% | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 12.4% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | +30.3% |
| 2021 | 12.1% | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 10.8% | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 11.0% | +2.2% |
| 2025 | 10.6% | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 12.0% | 10.2% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 10.6% | 13.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
More work & labour data for High income
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 54.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 42.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 46.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 44.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.8% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 69.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in High income?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in High income was 10.6% 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 High income?
- The highest recorded value was 13.7% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2019.
- How does High income rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- High income ranks 17th out of 19 groups with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this High income 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).