ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Canada
The ILO estimates that 13.0% of young people in Canada were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Canada, 2025
13.0%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
124th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Canada 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 | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 13.0% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 11.6% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 12.8% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 17.9% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 13.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 13.3%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Canada has the 124th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Canada
All statistics for Canada
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
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2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.8%
2010 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
99.5%
2010 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
94.0%
2017 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
5.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
1.2%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 · UNESCO UIS