Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Palestine
Palestine: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 25.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Palestine, 2000–2025
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 Palestine stood at 25.8%.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Palestine peaked at 35.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 25.4%, in 2022.
Palestine ranks 18th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.9% | — |
| 2001 | 35.6% | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 34.6% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 30.4% | -12.0% |
| 2004 | 29.9% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 28.9% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 28.2% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 28.1% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 27.3% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 28.0% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 26.3% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 28.5% | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 30.3% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 31.6% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 29.9% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 30.6% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 31.5% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 31.7% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 29.1% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 30.3% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 28.1% | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 25.4% | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 26.7% | +5.1% |
| 2025 | 25.8% | -3.5% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 25.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.8%, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 25.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23.2%, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.5% | 27.3% | 35.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 26.3% | 31.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.3% | 25.4% | 30.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Palestine?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Palestine was 25.8% 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4% in 2022.
- How does Palestine rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Palestine ranks 18th out of 124 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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).