ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Iraq
The ILO estimates that 36.9% of young people in Iraq were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Iraq, 2025
36.9%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
12th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Iraq 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 | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.9% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 36.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 36.4% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 36.9% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 37.6% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 37.3% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 37.8% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 38.3% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 38.4% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 36.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.2%, the figure has changed by −2.3 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Iraq has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Iraq
All statistics for Iraq
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
32.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
75.7%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
46.4%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
32.1%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
10.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2007 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
33.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2007 · UNESCO UIS