ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Australia
The ILO estimates that 8.6% of young people in Australia were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Australia, 2025
8.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
156th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Australia 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 | Australia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.6% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 8.5% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 9.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 8.7% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 8.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.8%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Australia has the 156th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Australia
All statistics for Australia
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.6%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
99.1%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
90.3%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
1.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS