ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in US Virgin Islands

The ILO estimates that 16.6% of young people in US Virgin Islands were not in employment, education or training in 2025.

Measure: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of youth aged 15 to 24 Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
US Virgin Islands, 2025 16.6% % of youth aged 15 to 24
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 16.1%
World, 2025 20.0% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 98th of 181 See the full ranking

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in US Virgin Islands 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.

Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) (% of youth aged 15 to 24), 2005 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period US Virgin IslandsWorld
2025 16.6% 20.0%
2024 16.1% 19.9%
2023 16.2% 19.7%
2022 16.9% 20.4%
2021 18.6% 21.4%
2020 19.8% 22.7%
2019 16.8% 21.3%
2018 17.1% 21.4%
2017 17.6% 21.4%
2016 18.3% 21.4%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 16.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.2%, the figure has changed by −1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, US Virgin Islands has the 98th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 20.0%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EIP_2EET_SEX_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for US Virgin Islands
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates