ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Liberia
The ILO estimates that 14.8% of young people in Liberia were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Liberia, 2025
14.8%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
113th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Liberia 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 | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.8% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 14.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 13.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 14.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.9%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Liberia has the 113th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Liberia
All statistics for Liberia
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
2.3%
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Primary completion (UIS)
30.5%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
27.4%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
19.4%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
38.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
44.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS