ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in World
The ILO estimates that 20.0% of young people in the world were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by ILOSTAT, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
20.0%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate in World 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 | World |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 19.9% |
| 2023 | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 22.7% |
| 2019 | 21.3% |
| 2018 | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 21.4% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 19.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 21.2%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
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