ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in New Caledonia
The ILO estimates that 24.3% of young people in New Caledonia were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
New Caledonia, 2025
24.3%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
56th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in New Caledonia 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 | New Caledonia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.3% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 23.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 23.5% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 23.6% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 27.1% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 33.0% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 27.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 32.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 39.2% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 39.4% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 23.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.5%, the figure has changed by −15.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, New Caledonia has the 56th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for New Caledonia
All statistics for New Caledonia
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
33.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Lower secondary completion
93.9%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
74.8%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
7.4%
1991 · UNESCO UIS
Primary net enrolment
92.6%
1991 · UNESCO UIS
Youth literacy
99.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
1996 · UNESCO UIS