Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore
Singapore: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 6.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore, 2013–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 6.5% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 79.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore peaked at 7.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2014.
Singapore ranks 114th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.7% | — |
| 2014 | 3.6% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4.1% | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | +69.1% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 6.8% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | -4.6% |
| 2025 | 6.5% | +0.1% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 6.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 10.1%, 64% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 6.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.4%, 52% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +69.1% | 4.5% | 7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.0% | 3.6% | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 4.5% | 7.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 111 Switzerland 7.0% compare
- 112 Denmark 6.9% compare
- 113 Russian Federation 6.7% compare
- 115 Cambodia 6.3% compare
- 116 Hong Kong, China 6.0% compare
- 117 Norway 5.8% compare
More work & labour data for Singapore
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.967 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9557 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.9779 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1059 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,575 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,077 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,086 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 4,163 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per unit 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Singapore was 6.5% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2014.
- How does Singapore rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Singapore ranks 114th out of 124 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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).