ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Nepal
The ILO estimates that 30.7% of young people in Nepal were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2015.
Nepal, 2025
30.7%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
25th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Nepal 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 | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.7% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 30.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 30.8% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 32.2% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 32.9% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 34.0% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 33.5% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 34.3% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 34.8% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 32.5% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 30.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.9%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Nepal has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Primary completion (UIS)
86.1%
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Lower secondary completion
77.7%
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Upper secondary completion
35.9%
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Out-of-school children
0.8%
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Out-of-school adolescents
0.7%
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