ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Ireland
The ILO estimates that 5.8% of young people in Ireland were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Ireland, 2025
5.8%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
9.0%
Position in 2025
172nd of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Ireland 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 | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.8% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 5.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14.3%, the figure has changed by −8.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 172nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
NEET rate, ages 15 to 29
8.1%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
10.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
66.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Early leavers from education and training
3.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Adult participation in learning
14.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Out-of-school children
1.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 · UNESCO UIS