ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Malaysia
The ILO estimates that 10.3% of young people in Malaysia were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Malaysia, 2025
10.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
148th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Malaysia 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 | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.3% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 10.1% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 10.2% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 12.5% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 10.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.2%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Malaysia has the 148th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.