Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) was 9.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in United Arab Emirates, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 9.0% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in United Arab Emirates peaked at 13.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2018.
That places United Arab Emirates 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9.3% | — |
| 2006 | 8.7% | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 8.6% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 8.6% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 8.2% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 8.1% | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | +38.7% |
| 2021 | 10.7% | -17.6% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 8.9% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 9.0% | +0.2% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 9.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 10.6%, 85% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 9.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25.4%, 35% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +38.7% | 9.4% | 13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.8% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 8.1% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 8.9% | 13.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
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- 162 Solomon Islands 8.3% compare
More work & labour data for United Arab Emirates
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.9136 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7692 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.7766 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 12,158 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,005 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 11,620 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 14,514 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 26,134 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in United Arab Emirates?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in United Arab Emirates was 9.0% 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2018.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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).