ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Guinea-Bissau
The ILO estimates that 13.6% of young people in Guinea-Bissau were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau, 2025
13.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
119th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Guinea-Bissau 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 | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.6% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 13.3% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 13.2% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 20.8% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 13.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.6%, the figure has changed by −7.1 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Guinea-Bissau has the 119th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Guinea-Bissau
All statistics for Guinea-Bissau
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
2.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
38.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
25.6%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
13.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
30.5%
2010 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
51.4%
2000 · UNESCO UIS