Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia

Indonesia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 21.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
21.4%
Change on year
down 4.3%
World rank
35th
of 124 countries
All-time high
31.9%
in 2005
All-time low
20.5%
in 2019
Years of data
28
1996–2023

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia, 1996–2023

01020301996200920231996: 27.1 % of youth population1997: 28.1 % of youth population1998: 29 % of youth population1999: 29.8 % of youth population2000: 29.4 % of youth population2001: 29.9 % of youth population2002: 31.1 % of youth population2003: 31.5 % of youth population2004: 31.4 % of youth population2005: 31.9 % of youth population2006: 30.4 % of youth population2007: 30 % of youth population2008: 28.1 % of youth population2009: 27.7 % of youth population2010: 26.6 % of youth population2011: 25.9 % of youth population2012: 22.9 % of youth population2013: 22.9 % of youth population2014: 22.4 % of youth population2015: 22.9 % of youth population2016: 22.5 % of youth population2017: 21.4 % of youth population2018: 21.7 % of youth population2019: 20.5 % of youth population2020: 21.8 % of youth population2021: 22.5 % of youth population2022: 22.3 % of youth population2023: 21.4 % of youth population

Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.

Analysis

Indonesia recorded 21.4% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in 2023.

That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia peaked at 31.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 20.5%, in 2019.

Indonesia ranks 35th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia, year by year

Annual values for Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) in Indonesia, 1996 to 2023.
Year % of youth population Change
1996 27.1%
1997 28.1% +3.6%
1998 29.0% +3.3%
1999 29.8% +2.8%
2000 29.4% -1.5%
2001 29.9% +1.6%
2002 31.1% +4.1%
2003 31.5% +1.5%
2004 31.4% -0.3%
2005 31.9% +1.4%
2006 30.4% -4.5%
2007 30.0% -1.3%
2008 28.1% -6.3%
2009 27.7% -1.7%
2010 26.6% -3.7%
2011 25.9% -2.8%
2012 22.9% -11.4%
2013 22.9% -0.3%
2014 22.4% -2.3%
2015 22.9% +2.5%
2016 22.5% -1.9%
2017 21.4% -4.6%
2018 21.7% +1.3%
2019 20.5% -5.5%
2020 21.8% +6.1%
2021 22.5% +3.0%
2022 22.3% -0.5%
2023 21.4% -4.3%

Indonesia compared with similar countries

  • Indonesia's 21.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.7%, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
  • Indonesia's 21.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.4%, 1.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 28.5% 27.1% 29.8% 4
2000s 30.1% 27.7% 31.9% 10
2010s 23.0% 20.5% 26.6% 10
2020s 22.0% 21.4% 22.5% 4

Countries ranked near Indonesia

  1. 32 Peru 22.8% compare
  2. 33 Tunisia 22.6% compare
  3. 34 Colombia 22.0% compare
  4. 36 Albania 21.0% compare
  5. 37 Algeria 20.9% compare
  6. 38 Fiji 20.8% compare

See the full ranking of 143 places →

More work & labour data for Indonesia

All data for Indonesia →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia?
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia was 21.4% in 2023, 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 Indonesia?
The highest recorded value was 31.9% in 2005.
What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Indonesia?
The lowest recorded value was 20.5% in 2019.
How does Indonesia rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
Indonesia ranks 35th out of 124 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Indonesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Indonesia 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 — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia. Statizoid, drawing on Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-youth-not-in-education-employment-or-training-total-percent-of-youth-population-2/indonesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-youth-not-in-education-employment-or-training-total-percent-of-youth-population-2/indonesia/">Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Indonesia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)
Unit
% of youth population
Source
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
143 places, 2,755 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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).