ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Benin
The ILO estimates that 14.4% of young people in Benin were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Benin, 2025
14.4%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
115th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Benin 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 | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.4% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 14.2% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 15.1% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 15.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 15.9% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 16.0% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 14.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 16.1%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Benin has the 115th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Upper secondary completion
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Out-of-school children
9.6%
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Out-of-school adolescents
47.2%
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