Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) was 27.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Papua New Guinea, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 27.7% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 35.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 27.7%, in 2023.
That places Papua New Guinea 39th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 35.3% | — |
| 2006 | 35.4% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35.5% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 35.5% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 35.5% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 35.2% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 34.5% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 33.8% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 33.0% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 32.3% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 31.6% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 30.9% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 30.3% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 29.6% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 29.2% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 28.6% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 27.7% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 27.7% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 27.7% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 27.7% | +0.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 27.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.5%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 27.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.8%, 2.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.4% | 35.3% | 35.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 32.7% | 29.6% | 35.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.1% | 27.7% | 29.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More work & labour data for Papua New Guinea
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0564 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0424 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0705 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4419 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 3.49 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 3,326 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 10,546 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,357 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,284 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 18,640 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Papua New Guinea was 27.7% 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 35.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.7% in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 39th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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).