ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Sri Lanka
The ILO estimates that 17.4% of young people in Sri Lanka were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Sri Lanka, 2025
17.4%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
92nd of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Sri Lanka 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 | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.4% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 17.2% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 18.2% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 18.1% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 19.4% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 21.5% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 21.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 24.2% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 24.7% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 27.1% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 17.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by −9.3 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Sri Lanka has the 92nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Sri Lanka
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ILO estimate of youth unemployment
18.6%
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Primary completion (UIS)
99.6%
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Lower secondary completion
98.7%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
46.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
9.1%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
6.5%
2023 · UNESCO UIS