ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Laos
The ILO estimates that 22.6% of young people in Laos were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Laos, 2025
22.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
67th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Laos 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 | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.6% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 22.5% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 22.4% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 22.5% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 23.5% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 24.3% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 25.3% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 25.8% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 25.3% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 22.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 24.8%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Laos has the 67th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Upper secondary completion
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Out-of-school children
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Out-of-school adolescents
36.3%
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