Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total was 12.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Uruguay, 1998–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Uruguay stood at 12.6%. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Uruguay peaked at 23.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 2025.
That places Uruguay 82nd out of 126 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20.9% | — |
| 1999 | 21.4% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 23.0% | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 21.1% | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 22.5% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 22.0% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 19.7% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 18.8% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 17.8% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 18.0% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 18.2% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 18.7% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 18.7% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 18.0% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 17.1% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 14.3% | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | -5.6% |
| 2025 | 12.6% | -10.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 12.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.4%, 1.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 12.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 65% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.1% | 20.9% | 21.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 17.8% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 17.2% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.6% | 12.6% | 17.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Uruguay?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Uruguay was 12.6% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 2025.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Uruguay ranks 82nd out of 126 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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).