ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Myanmar
The ILO estimates that 16.3% of young people in Myanmar were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Myanmar, 2025
16.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
100th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Myanmar 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 | Myanmar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.3% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 16.2% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 16.2% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 12.8% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 16.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.6%, the figure has changed by −2.3 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Myanmar has the 100th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Myanmar
All statistics for Myanmar
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
83.1%
2016 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
44.8%
2016 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
16.8%
2016 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
1.4%
2010 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
10.6%
2018 · UNESCO UIS