NEET rate in İzmir

In İzmir, 23.0% of people aged 18 to 24 were not in employment, education or training in 2025.

İzmir, 2025 23.0% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 22.9%
Türkiye, 2025 29.2% Country total
Position in 2025 37th of 249 See the full ranking

NEET rate in İzmir 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.

Young people not in employment, education or training, ages 18 to 24, by region (% of people aged 18 to 24), 2006 to 2025
Period İzmirTürkiye
2025 23.0% 29.2%
2024 22.9% 29.0%
2023 25.7% 29.0%
2022 26.7% 30.9%
2021 26.4%b (break in time series) 31.7%b (break in time series)
2020 32.4% 36.2%
2019 27.2% 32.9%
2018 24.4% 30.7%
2017 25.8% 30.8%
2016 24.9% 30.7%
2015 24.4% 30.4%
2014 23.9%b (break in time series) 31.3%b (break in time series)
2013 24.8% 32.0%
2012 25.2% 35.0%
2011 26.8% 36.0%
2010 30.7% 39.2%
2009 33.2% 41.9%
2008 34.1% 43.5%
2007 33.8% 45.2%
2006 37.7% 45.2%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 22.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.4%, the figure has changed by −1.4 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, İzmir has the 37th highest value.
  • The figure for Türkiye in 2025 was 29.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
edat_lfse_22 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y18-24 training=NO_FE_NO_NFE wstatus=NEMP unit=PC
Observation period
2006 to 2025 for İzmir
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat