Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of 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
55.7%
Afghanistan
Lowest
3.1%
Japan
Median
18.0%
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
4,900
What the numbers show
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 55.7% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 3.1% in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.0%, and the mean is 19.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 138.2%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 59.2%).
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 55.7% | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.4% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 3 | Djibouti | 50.0% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 4 | Sudan | 46.5% | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 5 | Yemen | 46.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 6 | Somalia | 43.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 43.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Gambia | 39.8% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 39.6% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 10 | Botswana | 38.1% | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 38.1% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 12 | Chad | 37.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 13 | Iraq | 36.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | Eswatini | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritania | 36.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 16 | Senegal | 35.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 34.8% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 34.7% | 2025 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 19 | Pakistan | 34.4% | 2025 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 20 | Syria | 34.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 21 | South Sudan | 34.1% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Guinea | 33.9% | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 23 | Morocco | 32.6% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 24 | Honduras | 30.8% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 30.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 26 | Namibia | 30.7% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 27 | Nepal | 30.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | Jordan | 30.6% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 29 | Libya | 30.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 30.1% | 2025 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 31 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 30.1% | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 32 | Samoa | 30.1% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 29.9% | 2025 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 34 | Congo | 29.4% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Gabon | 29.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 36 | Zambia | 29.1% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 37 | East Timor | 29.0% | 2025 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 28.2% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 27.7% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 40 | Ghana | 27.5% | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 41 | Mali | 27.2% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 26.2% | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 26.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 44 | Iran | 25.9% | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 25.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 46 | Tonga | 25.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 25.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.7% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 49 | Oman | 25.6% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 50 | Palestine | 25.4% | 2022 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.1% | 2025 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 24.9% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 53 | Egypt | 24.8% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 24.8% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 55 | Belize | 24.8% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 56 | Madagascar | 24.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 57 | Maldives | 24.3% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 58 | India | 24.3% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 24.3% | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 24.1% | 2025 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 61 | Peru | 24.0% | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 24.0% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 63 | Venezuela | 23.8% | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 64 | Lebanon | 23.8% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 65 | Albania | 23.4% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 66 | Cameroon | 23.2% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 67 | Colombia | 23.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 68 | Turkey | 23.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Tunisia | 22.9% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 22.8% | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 71 | Laos | 22.6% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 21.9% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 21.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 74 | El Salvador | 21.8% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 75 | Malawi | 21.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 76 | Indonesia | 21.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 77 | Haiti | 21.4% | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 78 | Comoros | 21.3% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 79 | Fiji | 20.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 80 | Puerto Rico | 20.5% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 81 | Armenia | 20.4% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bhutan | 20.1% | 2025 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 20.0% | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 19.7% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 85 | Kenya | 19.5% | 2025 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.5% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 87 | Brazil | 19.4% | 2025 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 88 | Mozambique | 19.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 89 | Cote d'Ivoire | 19.1% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 90 | Suriname | 18.9% | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 18.9% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 18.5% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 18.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 94 | Montenegro | 17.6% | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 95 | Mauritius | 17.5% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 96 | Ukraine | 17.4% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 17.4% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 98 | Paraguay | 17.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 17.2% | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 100 | Romania | 17.1% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 17.0% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei | 16.7% | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 103 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.6% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 104 | Argentina | 16.4% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 105 | Myanmar | 16.3% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.2% | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 16.2% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 108 | Niger | 16.1% | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 109 | Mexico | 16.0% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 110 | Kuwait | 15.6% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 15.6% | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 112 | Israel | 15.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 113 | Uruguay | 15.1% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 114 | Bahamas | 15.0% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.9% | 2025 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 14.8% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 117 | Lithuania | 14.8% | 2025 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 118 | Liberia | 14.8% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 119 | Mongolia | 14.8% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 120 | Benin | 14.4% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 14.3% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 122 | Chile | 13.8% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 13.7% | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6% | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 125 | Nigeria | 13.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 13.3% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 127 | Austria | 13.1% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 128 | Togo | 13.1% | 2025 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 129 | Canada | 13.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 130 | Thailand | 12.9% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 131 | New Zealand | 12.8% | 2025 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 132 | Burundi | 12.8% | 2025 | up 138.2% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 12.7% | 2025 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 134 | Serbia | 12.7% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 135 | France | 12.6% | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 136 | Guam | 12.1% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 137 | Italy | 12.1% | 2025 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 138 | Russia | 11.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 139 | United States | 11.7% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 140 | Moldova | 11.6% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 141 | Cuba | 11.5% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 142 | China | 11.2% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 143 | Tanzania | 11.1% | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 144 | South Korea | 11.0% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 145 | Cambodia | 11.0% | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 146 | Vietnam | 10.9% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 147 | Cyprus | 10.7% | 2025 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 10.6% | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 149 | Poland | 10.5% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 150 | Greece | 10.4% | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 10.3% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 152 | Estonia | 10.3% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 153 | Malaysia | 10.3% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 154 | Spain | 10.2% | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 155 | Hungary | 10.0% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 9.4% | 2025 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 157 | North Korea | 9.4% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 158 | Latvia | 9.0% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 9.0% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 160 | Slovakia | 8.8% | 2025 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 161 | Australia | 8.6% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 8.3% | 2025 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 163 | Finland | 8.2% | 2025 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 164 | Croatia | 8.1% | 2025 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 165 | Portugal | 7.8% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 166 | Switzerland | 7.8% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 167 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 168 | Bolivia | 7.7% | 2025 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 169 | Malta | 7.7% | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 170 | Germany | 7.5% | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 171 | Belgium | 7.4% | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 172 | Slovenia | 7.1% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 173 | Denmark | 6.9% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 174 | Belarus | 6.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 175 | Singapore | 6.0% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 176 | Norway | 6.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 177 | Ireland | 5.8% | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 5.7% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 179 | Qatar | 5.6% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 180 | Sweden | 5.6% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 181 | Czechia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 182 | Iceland | 4.0% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 183 | Macao | 3.7% | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 184 | Netherlands | 3.6% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 185 | Azerbaijan | 3.3% | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 186 | Japan | 3.1% | 2025 | down 16.6% | 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) 33.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 33.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 32.1%
- Arab World 29.7%
- Low income 26.5%
- Other small states 25.8%
- Small states 24.5%
- Caribbean small states 24.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 24.1%
- IDA only 23.9%
- IDA total 23.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 23.6%
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).