ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Thailand
The ILO estimates that 12.9% of young people in Thailand were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
Thailand, 2025
12.9%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
125th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Thailand 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 | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.9% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 12.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 12.5% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 15.6% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 12.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 13.6%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Thailand has the 125th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Upper secondary completion
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Out-of-school children
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Out-of-school adolescents
1.0%
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