NEET rate in İstanbul
In İstanbul, 19.7% of people aged 18 to 24 were not in employment, education or training in 2025.
İstanbul, 2025
19.7%
Change from 2024
+0.7percentage points
Türkiye, 2025
29.2%
Position in 2025
49th of 249
NEET rate in İstanbul over time
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% of people aged 18 to 24. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | İstanbul | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.7% | 29.2% |
| 2024 | 19.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023 | 19.2% | 29.0% |
| 2022 | 20.7% | 30.9% |
| 2021 | 22.1%b (break in time series) | 31.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 26.8% | 36.2% |
| 2019 | 23.5% | 32.9% |
| 2018 | 23.1% | 30.7% |
| 2017 | 24.1% | 30.8% |
| 2016 | 24.9% | 30.7% |
| 2015 | 24.1% | 30.4% |
| 2014 | 24.3%b (break in time series) | 31.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 25.2% | 32.0% |
| 2012 | 28.3% | 35.0% |
| 2011 | 29.9% | 36.0% |
| 2010 | 34.1% | 39.2% |
| 2009 | 36.2% | 41.9% |
| 2008 | 35.3% | 43.5% |
| 2007 | 36.9% | 45.2% |
| 2006 | 37.2% | 45.2% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 19.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 24.1%, the figure has changed by −4.4 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 249 regions with data for 2025, İstanbul has the 49th highest value.
- The figure for Türkiye in 2025 was 29.2%.