ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Bangladesh
The ILO estimates that 15.6% of young people in Bangladesh were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Bangladesh, 2025
15.6%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
106th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Bangladesh 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 | Bangladesh | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.6% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 15.0% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 17.5% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 20.2% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 24.8% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 28.9% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 15.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.1%, the figure has changed by −13.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Bangladesh has the 106th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Bangladesh
All statistics for Bangladesh
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
88.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
71.1%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
31.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
5.9%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
23.9%
2024 · UNESCO UIS