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NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex -- ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 (%)

Name: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex -- ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 (%) by country, 2027
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NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex -- ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 (%) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Afghanistan	55.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
2	Sao Tome and Principe	50.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Djibouti	49.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
4	Yemen, Rep.	46.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
5	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Guyana	43.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Tajikistan	39.9	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
8	Gambia, The	39.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Botswana	38.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
10	Lesotho	38.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Chad	37.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Iraq	37.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
13	Mauritania	37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Eswatini	36.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Senegal	35.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Vanuatu	35.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
17	South Africa	34.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
18	Pakistan	34.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
19	Guinea	34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Syrian Arab Republic	33.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
21	Morocco	32.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
22	Samoa	31	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
23	Jordan	30.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
24	Honduras	30.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
25	Namibia	30.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Libya	30.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
27	Sierra Leone	30.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Nepal	30.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
29	Central African Republic	30.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Zimbabwe	30.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Congo, Dem. Rep.	30	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Gabon	29.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
33	Congo, Rep.	29.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Zambia	29.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Timor-Leste	29	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Cabo Verde	28.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
37	Papua New Guinea	27.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Ghana	27.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Mali	27.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	26.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Barbados	26.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Iran, Islamic Rep.	26.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
43	Rwanda	26.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Equatorial Guinea	26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
45	Eritrea	26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	Tonga	26	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
47	Dominican Republic	25.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Oman	25.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
49	Burkina Faso	25.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Egypt, Arab Rep.	25.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
51	Belize	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Angola	24.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Madagascar	24.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	India	24.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
55	Maldives	24.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
56	Guatemala	24.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	New Caledonia	24.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
58	Georgia	24.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
59	Venezuela, RB	24	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
60	Peru	23.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Albania	23.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Turkiye	23.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
63	Colombia	23.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Cameroon	23.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	St. Lucia	23.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Tunisia	23.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
67	Lao PDR	22.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	El Salvador	22.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Nicaragua	22	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
70	Malawi	21.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Indonesia	21.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
72	French Polynesia	21.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
73	Comoros	21.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Haiti	21.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
75	Puerto Rico (US)	20.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Armenia	20.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Fiji	20.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	Jamaica	20.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Bhutan	20	South Asia	Lower middle income
80	Algeria	19.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
81	Kenya	19.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Kyrgyz Republic	19.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Brazil	19.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Mozambique	19.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Cote d'Ivoire	19.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Suriname	19.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Ecuador	18.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	North Macedonia	18.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Costa Rica	18.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Sri Lanka	17.7	South Asia	Upper middle income
91	Mauritius	17.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Turkmenistan	17.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Montenegro	17.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Paraguay	17.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Ethiopia	17.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Romania	17.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	17.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Brunei Darussalam	16.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
99	Myanmar	16.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Argentina	16.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Niger	16.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
103	Saudi Arabia	16.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
104	Mexico	16.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Bangladesh	15.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
106	Kuwait	15.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
107	Bahamas, The	15.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
108	Israel	15.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
109	Uruguay	15.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
110	Panama	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Trinidad and Tobago	14.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	Mongolia	14.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Liberia	14.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Lithuania	14.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Benin	14.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	United Kingdom	14.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Chile	14	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Uzbekistan	13.9	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
119	Guinea-Bissau	13.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Nigeria	13.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Uganda	13.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Austria	13.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Togo	13.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	Philippines	13.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Canada	13.1	North America	High income
126	Thailand	13	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	New Zealand	12.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
128	Serbia	12.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Burundi	12.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	France	12.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Guam	12.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Italy	12.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Russian Federation	11.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	United States	11.8	North America	High income
135	Moldova	11.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
136	China	11.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Cuba	11.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
138	Tanzania	11.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Cambodia	11	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
140	Korea, Rep.	11	East Asia & Pacific	High income
141	Viet Nam	10.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
142	Bulgaria	10.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Cyprus	10.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Bahrain	10.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
145	Poland	10.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Greece	10.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Malaysia	10.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
148	Estonia	10.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Spain	10.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Hungary	10.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Luxembourg	9.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Latvia	9.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	9.1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
154	United Arab Emirates	9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Slovak Republic	8.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Australia	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	Taiwan	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
158	Solomon Islands	8.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
159	Croatia	8.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Finland	8.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Portugal	7.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Switzerland	7.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Kazakhstan	7.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
164	Malta	7.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
165	Belgium	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Germany	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Slovenia	7.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Bolivia	7.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
169	Denmark	6.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Belarus	6.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Singapore	6.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Norway	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Ireland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
175	Sweden	5.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Qatar	5.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
177	Czechia	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Iceland	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Macao SAR, China	3.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
180	Netherlands	3.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Azerbaijan	3.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
182	Japan	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex -- ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 (%)