ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Timor-Leste
The ILO estimates that 29.0% of young people in Timor-Leste were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
Timor-Leste, 2025
29.0%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Position in 2025
35th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in Timor-Leste 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 | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 29.0% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 29.0% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 29.1% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 29.5% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 27.5% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 23.1% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 21.0% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 29.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 19.8%, the figure has changed by +9.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Timor-Leste has the 35th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
More for Timor-Leste
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Upper secondary completion
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Out-of-school children
6.9%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
13.5%
2020 · UNESCO UIS