Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) was 23.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Lower middle income, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 23.3% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Lower middle income peaked at 27.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 22.8%, in 2023.
That places Lower middle income 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 27.7% | — |
| 2006 | 27.7% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 27.4% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 27.1% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 26.9% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 26.7% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 26.1% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 25.8% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 25.9% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 26.0% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 26.3% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 26.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 26.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 26.5% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 27.5% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 25.7% | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 24.2% | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 22.8% | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 23.2% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 23.3% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.4% | 26.9% | 27.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 26.3% | 25.8% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.4% | 22.8% | 27.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 14 Eswatini 36.7% compare
- 15 Mauritania 36.7% compare
- 16 Senegal 35.3% compare
- 17 Vanuatu 34.8% compare
- 18 South Africa 34.7% compare
- 19 Pakistan 34.4% compare
- 20 Syrian Arab Republic 34.4% compare
More work & labour data for Lower middle income
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 39.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 38.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 61.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 41.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 53.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Lower middle income?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Lower middle income was 23.3% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 27.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.8% in 2023.
- How does Lower middle income rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- Lower middle income ranks 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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).