Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) was 20.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan stood at 20.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan peaked at 20.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2021.
Bhutan ranks 82nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13.1% | — |
| 2006 | 13.0% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 14.1% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 15.3% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 14.7% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -31.5% |
| 2020 | 12.0% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 17.1% | +78.5% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | +15.5% |
| 2024 | 20.2% | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 20.1% | -0.5% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 20.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.5%, 82% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 20.1% is below the median for South Asia, which is 22.2%, 91% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +78.5% | 9.6% | 17.1% |
| 2019 | -31.5% | 15.2% | 10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.3% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 10.4% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 9.6% | 20.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Bhutan was 20.1% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 20.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2021.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- Bhutan ranks 82nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate). 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).