ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Eswatini
The ILO estimates that 36.7% of young people in Eswatini were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2012.
Eswatini, 2025
36.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
13th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Eswatini 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 | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.7% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 36.6% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 36.5% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 36.0% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 34.4% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 35.2% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 34.4% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 34.8% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 35.5% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 36.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 35.9%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Eswatini has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Eswatini
All statistics for Eswatini
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
54.3%
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Primary completion (UIS)
79.7%
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Lower secondary completion
57.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
36.6%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
3.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
7.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS