Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of 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 youth population79 entries

DjiboutiGambiaVanuatuHondurasZimbabwePakistanPalestineIndiaSaint LuciaAngolaDominican RepublicBurkina FasoTürkiyeColombiaCosta RicaBrazilBruneiGhanaSeychellesEcuadorMexicoBhutanGeorgiaRwandaArgentinaChileCanadaUruguayUnited StatesFranceEstoniaGreecePolandCambodiaFinlandMongoliaAustraliaBoliviaPortugalRussiaSingaporeIrelandNorwayHong KongIceland

44.0% – 22.0%19.5% – 15.2%15.1% – 10.1%9.9% – 7.9%7.7% – 3.9%No data

🇩🇯Djibouti

44.0%

🇬🇲Gambia

36.5%

🇸🇳Senegal

34.3%

🇻🇺Vanuatu

29.3%

🇭🇳Honduras

29.0%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

28.8%

🇵🇰Pakistan

28.5%

🇵🇸Palestine

25.8%

🇮🇳India

25.6%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

25.5%

🇦🇴Angola

24.9%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

24.7%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

24.5%

🇹🇷Türkiye

23.3%

🇬🇹Guatemala

22.3%

🇨🇴Colombia

22.0%

🇲🇰North Macedonia

19.5%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

19.4%

🇸🇻El Salvador

19.1%

🇧🇷Brazil

18.7%

🇧🇳Brunei

18.4%

🇬🇭Ghana

18.2%

🇸🇨Seychelles

17.8%

🇪🇨Ecuador

17.7%

🇷🇴Romania

16.5%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

16.4%

🇲🇽Mexico

16.2%

🇧🇹Bhutan

15.3%

🇬🇪Georgia

15.3%

🇷🇼Rwanda

15.3%

🇦🇷Argentina

15.2%

🇹🇿Tanzania

15.2%

🇵🇦Panama

15.1%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

14.5%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

14.4%

🇨🇱Chile

13.4%

🇦🇹Austria

13.4%

🇨🇦Canada

13.3%

🇷🇸Serbia

12.7%

🇺🇾Uruguay

12.6%

🇱🇹Lithuania

12.5%

🇹🇭Thailand

12.4%

🇺🇸United States

11.6%

🇧🇬Bulgaria

11.5%

🇫🇷France

11.0%

🇪🇪Estonia

10.9%

🇬🇷Greece

10.4%

🇵🇱Poland

10.1%

🇮🇹Italy

9.9%

🇰🇭Cambodia

9.7%

Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 44.0%, followed by Gambia (36.5%) and Senegal (34.3%).

Across 79 countries and territories, values run from 44.0% (Djibouti) to 3.9% (Netherlands), with a median of 12.6%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Africa, 3 from Asia, 2 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.

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

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

Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 44.0%, followed by Gambia (36.5%) and Senegal (34.3%).

Across 79 countries and territories, values run from 44.0% (Djibouti) to 3.9% (Netherlands), with a median of 12.6%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Africa, 3 from Asia, 2 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.

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