ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Libya
The ILO estimates that 30.5% of young people in Libya were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Libya, 2025
30.5%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
27th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Libya 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 | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.5% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 30.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 30.4% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 30.8% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 30.9% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 31.8% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 30.1% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 30.5% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 31.2% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 30.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 31.4%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Libya has the 27th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.