ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in United States
The ILO estimates that 11.7% of young people in United States were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
United States, 2025
11.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
20.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
134th of 181
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in United States 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 | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.7% | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 11.6% | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 11.2% | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 12.2% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 12.0% | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 11.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.4%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, United States has the 134th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.
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Upper secondary completion
92.4%
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Out-of-school children
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Out-of-school adolescents
0.8%
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