ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in India
The ILO estimates that 24.3% of young people in India were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
India, 2025
24.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
13.0%
Position in 2025
55th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in India 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 | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.3% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 24.2% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 23.5% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 28.0% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 30.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 29.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 30.0% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 29.3% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 28.8% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 24.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 28.3%, the figure has changed by −4.0 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, India has the 55th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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