Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population)

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. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g.

📅 2025📏 % of male youth population78 entries

DjiboutiGambiaVanuatuSaint LuciaPalestineAngolaZimbabweDominican RepublicBurkina FasoSeychellesBruneiCosta RicaTürkiyeGhanaHondurasColombiaGeorgiaBrazilCanadaArgentinaPakistanRwandaSaudi ArabiaBhutanChileIndiaEstoniaFranceUnited StatesUruguayGreeceEcuadorFinlandPolandMexicoAustraliaCambodiaMaltaMongoliaSingaporePortugalIrelandNorwayHong KongRussiaIcelandBolivia

38.6% – 16.0%15.8% – 12.6%12.5% – 9.7%9.6% – 7.9%7.7% – 3.8%No data

🇩🇯Djibouti

38.6%

🇬🇲Gambia

37.2%

🇻🇺Vanuatu

28.0%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

26.2%

🇸🇳Senegal

25.6%

🇵🇸Palestine

24.8%

🇦🇴Angola

23.6%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

22.8%

🇲🇰North Macedonia

21.0%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

19.9%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

18.9%

🇸🇨Seychelles

18.7%

🇧🇳Brunei

17.4%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

16.5%

🇹🇷Türkiye

16.3%

🇬🇭Ghana

16.0%

🇭🇳Honduras

15.8%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

15.6%

🇦🇹Austria

15.3%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

15.2%

🇨🇴Colombia

15.0%

🇬🇪Georgia

14.9%

🇧🇷Brazil

14.6%

🇨🇦Canada

13.9%

🇷🇴Romania

13.2%

🇦🇷Argentina

13.2%

🇵🇰Pakistan

13.1%

🇷🇸Serbia

13.1%

🇱🇹Lithuania

13.0%

🇷🇼Rwanda

12.7%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

12.6%

🇧🇹Bhutan

12.6%

🇨🇱Chile

12.5%

🇮🇳India

12.2%

🇪🇪Estonia

11.7%

🇫🇷France

11.6%

🇵🇦Panama

11.5%

🇺🇸United States

11.3%

🇺🇾Uruguay

11.2%

🇧🇬Bulgaria

10.9%

🇬🇷Greece

10.7%

🇹🇭Thailand

10.5%

🇹🇿Tanzania

10.1%

🇪🇨Ecuador

10.0%

🇮🇹Italy

10.0%

🇪🇸Spain

9.9%

🇭🇷Croatia

9.7%

🇸🇻El Salvador

9.6%

🇫🇮Finland

9.6%

🇱🇻Latvia

9.4%

Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 38.6%, followed by Gambia (37.2%) and Vanuatu (28.0%).

Across 78 countries and territories, values run from 38.6% (Djibouti) to 3.8% (Netherlands), with a median of 11.0%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Asia, 1 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population), 2025. Unit: % of male youth population.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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