ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Peru
The ILO estimates that 24.0% of young people in Peru were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Peru, 2025
24.0%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
58th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Peru 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 | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 24.0% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 22.8% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 22.7% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 25.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 19.2% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 24.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.6%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Peru has the 58th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Primary completion (UIS)
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Lower secondary completion
95.7%
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Upper secondary completion
92.6%
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Out-of-school children
0.2%
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Out-of-school adolescents
0.2%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS