Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Kosovo
Kosovo: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 30.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Kosovo, 2000–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
Kosovo recorded 30.0% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Kosovo peaked at 46.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.4%, in 2017.
Kosovo ranks 10th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Kosovo, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46.0% | — |
| 2012 | 35.4% | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 35.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 30.0% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 31.4% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 30.1% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 29.7% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 32.6% | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 33.5% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 32.0% | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 32.9% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 33.3% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 30.0% | -9.7% |
Kosovo compared with similar countries
- Kosovo's 30.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.7%, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kosovo's 30.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.2%, 2.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.0% | 46.0% | 46.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 31.5% | 27.4% | 35.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 32.3% | 30.0% | 33.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kosovo
More work & labour data for Kosovo
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.8% (2024)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.7% (2024)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 18.3% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 22.5% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 53.6% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 37.9% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 30.8% (2024)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 41.9% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 17.6% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 24.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Kosovo?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Kosovo was 30.0% in 2024, 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 Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 46.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4% in 2017.
- How does Kosovo rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Kosovo ranks 10th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kosovo 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).