ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Austria

The ILO estimates that 13.1% of young people in Austria were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of youth aged 15 to 24 Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Austria, 2025 13.1% % of youth aged 15 to 24
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 13.1%
World, 2025 20.0% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 9.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 122nd of 181 See the full ranking

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Austria over time

View
Places
2 selected
Austria World ×

% 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.

Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) (% of youth aged 15 to 24), 2005 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period AustriaWorld
2025 13.1% 20.0%
2024 13.1% 19.9%
2023 13.1% 19.7%
2022 12.2% 20.4%
2021 12.3% 21.4%
2020 11.4% 22.7%
2019 11.0% 21.3%
2018 10.4% 21.4%
2017 10.5% 21.4%
2016 10.9% 21.4%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 13.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11.0%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 122nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EIP_2EET_SEX_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates