ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Slovakia
The ILO estimates that 8.8% of young people in Slovakia were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Slovakia, 2025
8.8%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
9.0%
Position in 2025
155th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Slovakia 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 | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.8% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 12.3% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 8.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14.0%, the figure has changed by −5.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 155th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Slovakia
All statistics for Slovakia
NEET rate, ages 15 to 29
11.1%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
18.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
36.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Early leavers from education and training
6.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Adult participation in learning
11.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Out-of-school children
1.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS