All👷 Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population.
Highlights
As of 2025, São Tomé and Príncipe ranks first with 49.4%, followed by Djibouti (46.5%) and Gambia (40.7%).
Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 49.4% (São Tomé and Príncipe) to 1.4% (Qatar), with a median of 14.1%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026