ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Burundi
The ILO estimates that 12.8% of young people in Burundi were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Burundi, 2025
12.8%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
127th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Burundi 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 | Burundi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.8% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 12.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 12.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Burundi has the 127th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Out-of-school adolescents
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