# Youth outside work and education by country: data and definition

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Indicator field guide / SL.UEM.NEET.ZS

# Youth outside work and education

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. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).

Unit: % of youth. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.NEET.ZS)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Albania | 23.4% |
| Angola | 21.4% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15.8% |
| Argentina | 15.0% |
| Armenia | 20.2% |
| Australia | 7.9% |
| Austria | 13.1% |
| Bangladesh | 14.3% |
| Belgium | 6.8% |
| Bhutan | 19.8% |
| Bolivia | 9.6% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.0% |
| Botswana | 37.6% |
| Brazil | 20.6% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 16.5% |
| Bulgaria | 11.2% |
| Burkina Faso | 34.2% |
| Cambodia | 6.3% |
| Canada | 11.7% |
| Chile | 15.3% |
| Colombia | 23.3% |
| Costa Rica | 20.9% |
| Croatia | 9.9% |
| Cyprus | 13.6% |
| Czechia | 7.0% |
| Denmark | 7.2% |
| Dominican Republic | 25.7% |
| Ecuador | 18.6% |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 24.6% |
| El Salvador | 21.5% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 17.5% |
| Estonia | 9.6% |
| Eswatini | 36.5% |
| Finland | 8.8% |
| France | 11.8% |
| Gambia, The | 39.8% |
| Georgia | 18.0% |
| Germany | 7.7% |
| Ghana | 21.9% |
| Greece | 12.5% |
| Grenada | 20.1% |
| Guatemala | 23.8% |
| Honduras | 30.4% |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.9% |
| Hungary | 9.8% |
| Iceland | 5.8% |
| India | 23.5% |
| Indonesia | 21.6% |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 25.6% |
| Ireland | 5.1% |
| Israel | 14.9% |
| Italy | 12.7% |
| Jamaica | 19.7% |
| Jordan | 30.2% |
| Kiribati | 35.4% |
| Kosovo | 33.3% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 19.3% |
| Latvia | 5.7% |
| Lithuania | 13.5% |
| Luxembourg | 8.2% |
| Mali | 31.3% |
| Malta | 7.9% |
| Mauritius | 17.4% |
| Mexico | 15.9% |
| Moldova | 13.3% |
| Mongolia | 14.6% |
| Montenegro | 17.6% |
| Namibia | 31.6% |
| Netherlands | 3.7% |
| New Zealand | 11.7% |
| Nigeria | 11.7% |
| North Macedonia | 19.1% |
| Norway | 5.7% |
| Palau | 11.3% |
| Panama | 15.1% |
| Philippines | 3.0% |
| Poland | 10.2% |
| Portugal | 8.5% |
| Romania | 16.5% |
| Russian Federation | 8.7% |
| Rwanda | 27.9% |
| Saudi Arabia | 17.0% |
| Senegal | 30.6% |
| Serbia | 12.4% |
| Seychelles | 20.4% |
| Singapore | 6.8% |
| Slovak Republic | 9.2% |
| Slovenia | 7.3% |
| South Africa | 34.0% |
| Spain | 9.3% |
| Sri Lanka | 18.2% |
| St. Lucia | 30.9% |
| Sweden | 5.1% |
| Switzerland | 6.6% |
| Thailand | 12.5% |
| Tonga | 25.6% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14.4% |
| Tunisia | 22.6% |
| Turkiye | 22.5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 8.9% |
| United Kingdom | 12.8% |
| United States | 11.2% |
| Uruguay | 14.9% |
| Viet Nam | 10.8% |
| Zambia | 28.9% |
| Zimbabwe | 30.0% |

Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-01. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. [Download and limitations](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/).