Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) was 16.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Brunei Darussalam, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Brunei Darussalam is 16.7%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Brunei Darussalam peaked at 21.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.5%, in 2023.
That places Brunei Darussalam 102nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Brunei Darussalam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17.2% | — |
| 2006 | 17.3% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 17.5% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 17.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 17.5% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 19.3% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 20.1% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 21.4% | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 18.7% | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 20.0% | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 16.6% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 16.7% | +0.4% |
Brunei Darussalam compared with similar countries
- Brunei Darussalam's 16.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.6%, 1.6× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei Darussalam's 16.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.8%, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.5% | 17.2% | 17.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 17.1% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.3% | 16.5% | 21.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei Darussalam
More work & labour data for Brunei Darussalam
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 137.72 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.56 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 240.28 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.43 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.08 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 172,284 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 64,415 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 60.11 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.06 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.5234 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Brunei Darussalam?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Brunei Darussalam was 16.7% 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 Brunei Darussalam?
- The highest recorded value was 21.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.5% in 2023.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 102nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) rising or falling in Brunei Darussalam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei Darussalam 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).