Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 33.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 2009–2021
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 33.3% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.7% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 39.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 31.3% | — |
| 2010 | 31.4% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 31.6% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 34.6% | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 30.1% | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 31.3% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 29.5% | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 29.4% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 39.0% | +32.5% |
| 2021 | 33.3% | -14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.3% | 31.3% | 31.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 31.1% | 29.4% | 34.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 36.1% | 33.3% | 39.0% | 2 |
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More work & labour data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 17.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 44.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 13.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 32.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 19.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 25.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 47.6% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 33.3% in 2021, 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 39.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 2019.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 2nd out of 19 groups with data for 2021.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding 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).