ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Kyrgyzstan

The ILO estimates that 19.5% of young people in Kyrgyzstan were not in employment, education or training in 2025.

Measure: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of youth aged 15 to 24 Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Kyrgyzstan, 2025 19.5% % of youth aged 15 to 24
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 19.4%
World, 2025 20.0% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 82nd of 181 See the full ranking

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Kyrgyzstan 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.

Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) (% of youth aged 15 to 24), 2005 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period KyrgyzstanWorld
2025 19.5% 20.0%
2024 19.4% 19.9%
2023 19.3% 19.7%
2022 19.8% 20.4%
2021 20.0% 21.4%
2020 22.7% 22.7%
2019 21.6% 21.3%
2018 20.7% 21.4%
2017 21.5% 21.4%
2016 20.5% 21.4%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 19.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 21.7%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Kyrgyzstan has the 82nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EIP_2EET_SEX_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Kyrgyzstan
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates