Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
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...
Countries reporting
187
Highest
55.7%
Afghanistan
Lowest
3.1%
Japan
Median
17.6%
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
4,921
What the numbers show
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 55.7% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 3.1% in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.6%, and the mean is 19.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 138.2%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 59.2%).
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 55.7% | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.4% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 3 | Djibouti | 50.0% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 4 | Sudan | 46.5% | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 5 | Yemen | 46.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 6 | Somalia | 43.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 43.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Gambia | 39.8% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 39.6% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 10 | Botswana | 38.1% | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 38.1% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 12 | Chad | 37.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 13 | Iraq | 36.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | Eswatini | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritania | 36.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 16 | Senegal | 35.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 34.8% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 34.7% | 2025 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 19 | Pakistan | 34.4% | 2025 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 20 | Syrian Arab Republic | 34.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 21 | South Sudan | 34.1% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Guinea | 33.9% | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 23 | Morocco | 32.6% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 24 | Honduras | 30.8% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 30.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 26 | Namibia | 30.7% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 27 | Nepal | 30.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | Jordan | 30.6% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 29 | Libya | 30.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 30.1% | 2025 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 31 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 30.1% | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 32 | Samoa | 30.1% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 29.9% | 2025 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 34 | Congo | 29.4% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Gabon | 29.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 36 | Zambia | 29.1% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 37 | Timor-Leste | 29.0% | 2025 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 28.2% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 27.7% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 40 | Ghana | 27.5% | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 41 | Mali | 27.2% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 26.2% | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 26.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 44 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.9% | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 25.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 46 | Tonga | 25.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 25.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.7% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 49 | Oman | 25.6% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 50 | Palestine, State of | 25.4% | 2022 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.1% | 2025 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 24.9% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 53 | Egypt | 24.8% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 24.8% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 55 | Belize | 24.8% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 56 | Madagascar | 24.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 57 | Maldives | 24.3% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 58 | India | 24.3% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 24.3% | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 24.1% | 2025 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 61 | Peru | 24.0% | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 24.0% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 63 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 23.8% | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 64 | Lebanon | 23.8% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 65 | Albania | 23.4% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 66 | Cameroon | 23.2% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 67 | Colombia | 23.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 68 | Türkiye | 23.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Tunisia | 22.9% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 22.8% | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 71 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.6% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 21.9% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 21.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 74 | El Salvador | 21.8% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 75 | Malawi | 21.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 76 | Indonesia | 21.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 77 | Haiti | 21.4% | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 78 | Comoros | 21.3% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 79 | Fiji | 20.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 80 | Puerto Rico | 20.5% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 81 | Armenia | 20.4% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bhutan | 20.1% | 2025 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 20.0% | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 19.7% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 85 | Kenya | 19.5% | 2025 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.5% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 87 | Brazil | 19.4% | 2025 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 88 | Mozambique | 19.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.1% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 90 | Suriname | 18.9% | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 18.9% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 18.5% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 18.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 94 | Montenegro | 17.6% | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 95 | Mauritius | 17.5% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 96 | Ukraine | 17.4% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 17.4% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 98 | Paraguay | 17.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 17.2% | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 100 | Romania | 17.1% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 17.0% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | 16.7% | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 103 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.6% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 104 | Argentina | 16.4% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 105 | Myanmar | 16.3% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.2% | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 16.2% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 108 | Niger | 16.1% | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 109 | Mexico | 16.0% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 110 | Kuwait | 15.6% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 15.6% | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 112 | Israel | 15.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 113 | Uruguay | 15.1% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 114 | Bahamas | 15.0% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.9% | 2025 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 14.8% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 117 | Lithuania | 14.8% | 2025 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 118 | Liberia | 14.8% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 119 | Mongolia | 14.8% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 120 | Benin | 14.4% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 121 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14.3% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 122 | Chile | 13.8% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 13.7% | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6% | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 125 | Nigeria | 13.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 13.3% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 127 | Austria | 13.1% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 128 | Togo | 13.1% | 2025 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 129 | Canada | 13.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 130 | Thailand | 12.9% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 131 | New Zealand | 12.8% | 2025 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 132 | Burundi | 12.8% | 2025 | up 138.2% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 12.7% | 2025 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 134 | Serbia | 12.7% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 135 | France | 12.6% | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 136 | Guam | 12.1% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 137 | Italy | 12.1% | 2025 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 11.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 139 | United States of America | 11.7% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 140 | Republic of Moldova | 11.6% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 141 | Cuba | 11.5% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 142 | China | 11.2% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 143 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 11.1% | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 144 | Korea | 11.0% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 145 | Cambodia | 11.0% | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 146 | Viet Nam | 10.9% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 147 | Cyprus | 10.7% | 2025 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 10.6% | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 149 | Poland | 10.5% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 150 | Greece | 10.4% | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 10.3% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 152 | Estonia | 10.3% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 153 | Malaysia | 10.3% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 154 | Spain | 10.2% | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 155 | Hungary | 10.0% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 9.4% | 2025 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 157 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 9.4% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 158 | Latvia | 9.0% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 9.0% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 160 | Slovakia | 8.8% | 2025 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 161 | Australia | 8.6% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 8.3% | 2025 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 163 | Finland | 8.2% | 2025 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 164 | Channel Islands | 8.1% | 2025 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 165 | Croatia | 8.1% | 2025 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 166 | Portugal | 7.8% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 167 | Switzerland | 7.8% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 169 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.7% | 2025 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 170 | Malta | 7.7% | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 171 | Germany | 7.5% | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 172 | Belgium | 7.4% | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 173 | Slovenia | 7.1% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 174 | Denmark | 6.9% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 175 | Belarus | 6.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 176 | Singapore | 6.0% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 177 | Norway | 6.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 178 | Ireland | 5.8% | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 179 | Hong Kong, China | 5.7% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 180 | Qatar | 5.6% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 181 | Sweden | 5.6% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 182 | Czechia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 183 | Iceland | 4.0% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 184 | Macau, China | 3.7% | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 185 | Netherlands | 3.6% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 186 | Azerbaijan | 3.3% | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 187 | Japan | 3.1% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 33.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 33.4%
- Chagai 8.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 32.1%
- Arab World 29.7%
- Low income 26.5%
- Other small states 25.8%
- Small states 24.5%
- Caribbean Small States 24.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 24.1%
- IDA only 23.9%
- IDA total 23.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 23.6%
- Least developed countries 23.5%
- South Asia 23.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 23.4%
- IDA blend 23.3%
- Lower middle income 23.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 22.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 22.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 21.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 21.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.4%
- Low & middle income 21.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 21.0%
- Middle income 20.3%
- Africa Western and Central 20.0%
- World 19.8%
- IBRD only 19.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 19.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 19.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 19.3%
- Pacific island small states 19.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 18.6%
- Upper middle income 16.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 15.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 13.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 13.0%
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).