ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Panama
The ILO estimates that 14.8% of young people in Panama were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Panama, 2025
14.8%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
111th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Panama 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 | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.8% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 14.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 15.1% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 19.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 16.7% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 16.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 14.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.4%, the figure has changed by −3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Panama has the 111th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Out-of-school adolescents
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