ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Afghanistan
The ILO estimates that 55.7% of young people in Afghanistan were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Afghanistan, 2025
55.7%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
1st of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Afghanistan over time
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% of youth aged 15 to 24. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.7% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 55.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 56.0% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 56.1% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 51.8% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 53.8% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 42.6% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 42.7% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 42.8% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 42.4% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 55.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 41.9%, the figure has changed by +13.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Afghanistan has the highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Afghanistan
All statistics for Afghanistan
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
16.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
44.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
31.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
26.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
68.8%
1993 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
79.9%
1974 · UNESCO UIS