ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Equatorial Guinea
The ILO estimates that 25.1% of young people in Equatorial Guinea were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Equatorial Guinea, 2025
25.1%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
48th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Equatorial Guinea 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 | Equatorial Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.1% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 24.6% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 24.2% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 24.0% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 24.4% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 24.6% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 23.3% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 22.9% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 22.9% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 24.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 22.7%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Equatorial Guinea has the 48th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Equatorial Guinea
All statistics for Equatorial Guinea
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
15.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
42.2%
2000 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
17.6%
2000 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
5.4%
2000 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
65.6%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
50.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 · UNESCO UIS