Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
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...
Countries reporting
186
Highest
84.1%
Afghanistan
Lowest
3.5%
Japan
Median
21.8%
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
4,900
What the numbers show
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 84.1% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 3.5% in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.8%, and the mean is 23.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 114.2%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 57.1%).
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 84.1% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 2 | Yemen | 68.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Sudan | 63.2% | 2022 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 56.6% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 5 | Djibouti | 53.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Iraq | 53.4% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 53.3% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 8 | Morocco | 51.5% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.4% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 10 | Guyana | 50.2% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 11 | Somalia | 50.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Chad | 49.3% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 13 | Mauritania | 48.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 45.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 15 | Senegal | 44.1% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Lesotho | 43.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 17 | Guinea | 42.7% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 18 | Syria | 42.4% | 2025 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 19 | Nepal | 41.4% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 20 | Guatemala | 40.5% | 2025 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 21 | Mali | 39.9% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 22 | India | 39.6% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 23 | Eswatini | 39.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 39.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 25 | Gambia | 38.9% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 38.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 38.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 28 | South Sudan | 37.8% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 36.6% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 36.2% | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 31 | Iran | 36.2% | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 32 | Libya | 36.0% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 35.7% | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 34 | Egypt | 35.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 35.7% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 36 | Jordan | 34.8% | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 37 | Eritrea | 33.4% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 38 | Gabon | 33.3% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 39 | Namibia | 33.2% | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 33.1% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 32.8% | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 42 | Congo | 32.6% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 43 | Zambia | 32.5% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 44 | Samoa | 32.5% | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 45 | Oman | 32.4% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 46 | El Salvador | 32.2% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 47 | Venezuela | 32.0% | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 31.3% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 31.3% | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 31.2% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 51 | Palestine | 31.0% | 2022 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 31.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 53 | Turkey | 30.3% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 54 | Madagascar | 30.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Algeria | 30.2% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 56 | Rwanda | 30.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 57 | Colombia | 30.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | 29.9% | 2025 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 59 | Lebanon | 29.8% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 60 | East Timor | 29.4% | 2025 | up 24.5% | flat |
| 61 | Cape Verde | 29.2% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.1% | 2025 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.8% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 64 | Haiti | 28.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 65 | Tonga | 28.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 66 | Maldives | 27.4% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 27.4% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 68 | Malawi | 27.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 26.8% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 70 | Indonesia | 26.5% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 71 | Fiji | 26.4% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.4% | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 73 | Angola | 26.2% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 74 | Kenya | 25.7% | 2025 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 75 | Georgia | 25.7% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 25.4% | 2025 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 77 | Cote d'Ivoire | 25.3% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 78 | French Polynesia | 25.2% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 25.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 80 | Laos | 25.0% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 24.6% | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 82 | Brazil | 24.3% | 2025 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 83 | Albania | 24.3% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 23.8% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 85 | Armenia | 23.6% | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 86 | Niger | 23.3% | 2025 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 87 | Comoros | 23.2% | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 88 | Bhutan | 23.1% | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 22.8% | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 90 | Mozambique | 22.5% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 91 | Suriname | 22.4% | 2025 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 92 | Barbados | 22.2% | 2025 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 93 | Myanmar | 22.1% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 94 | Kuwait | 21.4% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 21.4% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 96 | Saint Lucia | 21.1% | 2025 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 97 | Tunisia | 21.1% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 98 | Ukraine | 21.1% | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 99 | Saudi Arabia | 20.8% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 100 | Romania | 20.8% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 101 | Jamaica | 20.7% | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 102 | Mauritius | 20.4% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 20.1% | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 104 | United States Virgin Islands | 19.9% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 105 | Bahamas | 19.8% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 106 | Puerto Rico | 19.6% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 107 | Panama | 19.5% | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 19.1% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 109 | Brunei | 19.0% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 110 | Liberia | 18.8% | 2025 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 111 | Argentina | 18.1% | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 112 | Nigeria | 17.8% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 113 | Montenegro | 17.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 17.7% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.7% | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 116 | Uganda | 17.6% | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 17.5% | 2025 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 118 | Bahrain | 17.5% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 119 | Uruguay | 17.1% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 120 | Benin | 16.9% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 16.1% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 122 | Thailand | 16.0% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 123 | Philippines | 15.9% | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 124 | Togo | 15.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 125 | Israel | 15.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.7% | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 127 | Cuba | 15.3% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.3% | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 129 | Chile | 15.1% | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 130 | Tanzania | 14.9% | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 131 | Russia | 14.3% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 132 | Guam | 14.1% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 13.9% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 134 | New Zealand | 13.2% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 13.1% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 12.8% | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 137 | Qatar | 12.6% | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 138 | Serbia | 12.6% | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 139 | China | 12.2% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 140 | United States | 12.1% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 141 | Canada | 11.9% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 142 | Cambodia | 11.9% | 2025 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 143 | Vietnam | 11.8% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 144 | Italy | 11.7% | 2025 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 145 | Bulgaria | 11.5% | 2025 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 146 | Hungary | 11.5% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 147 | North Korea | 11.5% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 148 | France | 11.4% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 11.3% | 2025 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 150 | Burundi | 11.3% | 2025 | up 114.2% | rising |
| 151 | Austria | 10.9% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 152 | Bolivia | 10.9% | 2025 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 153 | Moldova | 10.8% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 154 | Malaysia | 10.7% | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 10.5% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 10.5% | 2025 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 157 | Poland | 10.4% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 158 | Greece | 10.1% | 2025 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 159 | South Korea | 9.8% | 2025 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 160 | Spain | 9.7% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 161 | Latvia | 8.9% | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 162 | Slovakia | 8.7% | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 8.6% | 2025 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 8.6% | 2025 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 165 | Australia | 8.0% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 166 | Germany | 7.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 167 | Croatia | 7.7% | 2025 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 168 | Malta | 7.6% | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 169 | Portugal | 7.5% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 170 | Finland | 7.3% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 171 | Denmark | 7.2% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 172 | Slovenia | 6.6% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 173 | Switzerland | 6.4% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 174 | Belgium | 6.4% | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 175 | Czechia | 6.0% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 176 | Ireland | 6.0% | 2025 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 177 | Belarus | 6.0% | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Norway | 5.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 179 | Singapore | 5.5% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 180 | Sweden | 5.1% | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 181 | Hong Kong | 5.1% | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 182 | Azerbaijan | 5.0% | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 183 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 184 | Netherlands | 3.6% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 185 | Macao | 3.6% | 2025 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 186 | Japan | 3.5% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 50.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 50.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 48.6%
- Arab World 41.7%
- South Asia 37.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 37.1%
- Lower middle income 35.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 34.9%
- IDA blend 34.6%
- Low income 34.4%
- IDA total 32.2%
- IDA only 30.8%
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).