ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Jamaica
The ILO estimates that 20.0% of young people in Jamaica were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Jamaica, 2025
20.0%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
79th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Jamaica over time
View
Jamaica
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 19.9% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 29.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 26.1% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 27.9% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 29.8% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 19.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 31.5%, the figure has changed by −11.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Jamaica has the 79th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Jamaica
All statistics for Jamaica
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
10.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
95.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
87.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
4.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
20.7%
2023 · UNESCO UIS