ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Saint Lucia
The ILO estimates that 22.8% of young people in Saint Lucia were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Saint Lucia, 2025
22.8%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
66th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Saint Lucia 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 | Saint Lucia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.8% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 22.6% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 30.9% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 27.1% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 39.2% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 35.4% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 29.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 32.5% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 33.8% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 34.4% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 22.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 35.3%, the figure has changed by −12.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Saint Lucia has the 66th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Saint Lucia
All statistics for Saint Lucia
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
20.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.6%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
93.6%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
93.5%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
7.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
12.5%
2024 · UNESCO UIS