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Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) by country, 2025
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Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Afghanistan	55.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
2	Sao Tome and Principe	50.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Djibouti	50	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
4	Yemen, Rep.	46	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
5	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Guyana	43	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Gambia, The	39.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Tajikistan	39.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
9	Botswana	38.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
10	Lesotho	38.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Chad	37.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Iraq	36.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
13	Eswatini	36.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Mauritania	36.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Senegal	35.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Vanuatu	34.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
17	South Africa	34.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
18	Pakistan	34.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
19	Syrian Arab Republic	34.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
20	Guinea	33.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Morocco	32.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
22	Honduras	30.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
23	Sierra Leone	30.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Namibia	30.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Nepal	30.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
26	Jordan	30.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
27	Libya	30.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
28	Zimbabwe	30.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Congo, Dem. Rep.	30.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Samoa	30.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
31	Central African Republic	29.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Congo, Rep.	29.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Gabon	29.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
34	Zambia	29.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Timor-Leste	29	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Cabo Verde	28.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
37	Papua New Guinea	27.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Ghana	27.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Mali	27.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Barbados	26.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Rwanda	26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Iran, Islamic Rep.	26	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
43	Eritrea	25.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Tonga	25.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Dominican Republic	25.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	25.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Oman	25.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Equatorial Guinea	25.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
49	Burkina Faso	24.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Egypt, Arab Rep.	24.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
51	Angola	24.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Belize	24.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Madagascar	24.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Maldives	24.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
55	India	24.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
56	New Caledonia	24.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
57	Guatemala	24.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Peru	24	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Georgia	24	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
60	Venezuela, RB	23.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
61	Albania	23.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Cameroon	23.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Colombia	23.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Turkiye	23.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Tunisia	22.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
66	St. Lucia	22.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Lao PDR	22.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Nicaragua	21.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	French Polynesia	21.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
70	El Salvador	21.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Malawi	21.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Indonesia	21.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Haiti	21.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
74	Comoros	21.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Fiji	20.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Puerto Rico (US)	20.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Armenia	20.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Bhutan	20.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
79	Jamaica	20	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Algeria	19.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
81	Kenya	19.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Kyrgyz Republic	19.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Brazil	19.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Mozambique	19.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Cote d'Ivoire	19.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Suriname	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Ecuador	18.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	North Macedonia	18.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Costa Rica	18.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Montenegro	17.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Mauritius	17.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Sri Lanka	17.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
93	Paraguay	17.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Ethiopia	17.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Romania	17.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Turkmenistan	17	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Brunei Darussalam	16.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
98	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	16.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Argentina	16.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Myanmar	16.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Saudi Arabia	16.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
103	Niger	16.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
104	Mexico	16	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Kuwait	15.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
106	Bangladesh	15.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
107	Israel	15.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
108	Uruguay	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Bahamas, The	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
110	Trinidad and Tobago	14.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Panama	14.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	Lithuania	14.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Liberia	14.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Mongolia	14.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
115	Benin	14.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	United Kingdom	14.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Chile	13.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Uzbekistan	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
119	Guinea-Bissau	13.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Nigeria	13.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Uganda	13.3	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	Canada	13	North America	High income
125	Thailand	12.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	New Zealand	12.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
127	Burundi	12.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	Philippines	12.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Serbia	12.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
130	France	12.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Guam	12.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Italy	12.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Russian Federation	11.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	United States	11.7	North America	High income
135	Moldova	11.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
136	Cuba	11.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	China	11.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
138	Tanzania	11.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Korea, Rep.	11	East Asia & Pacific	High income
140	Cambodia	11	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
141	Viet Nam	10.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
142	Cyprus	10.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Bulgaria	10.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Poland	10.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Greece	10.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Bahrain	10.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
147	Estonia	10.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Malaysia	10.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
149	Spain	10.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Hungary	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Luxembourg	9.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	9.4	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
153	Latvia	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	United Arab Emirates	9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Slovak Republic	8.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Australia	8.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	Solomon Islands	8.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
158	Finland	8.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Channel Islands	8.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Croatia	8.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Portugal	7.8	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	Bolivia	7.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
165	Malta	7.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
166	Germany	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Belgium	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Slovenia	7.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Denmark	6.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Belarus	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Singapore	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Norway	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Ireland	5.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
175	Qatar	5.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
176	Sweden	5.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Czechia	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Iceland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Macao SAR, China	3.7	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

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)