ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Cuba
The ILO estimates that 11.5% of young people in Cuba were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Cuba, 2025
11.5%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
136th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Cuba 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 | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.5% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 11.6% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 11.8% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 12.0% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 12.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 11.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14.0%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Cuba has the 136th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Lower secondary completion
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Upper secondary completion
65.3%
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Out-of-school children
4.7%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
7.7%
2024 · UNESCO UIS