Data for 2021
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021
Figures for 2021, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021 covers 108 countries. Guyana is highest, at 44.774; Netherlands is lowest, at 3.079. The middle country reads 17.967. Against 2020, 90 values changed (28 up, 62 down), 18 countries joined, 14 left.
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training · Data for 2021
HighestGuyana
44.774LowestNetherlands
3.079Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 108 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GUYSouth America | 44.774 |
| 2 | AFGSouthern Asia | 43.769 |
| 3 | NRUMicronesia | 40.986 |
| 4 | MHLMicronesia | 39.972 |
| 5 | LCACaribbean | 39.203 |
| 6 | IRQWestern Asia | 36.932 |
| 7 | BWASouthern Africa | 35.168 |
| 8 | PAKSouthern Asia | 34.564 |
| 9 | SWZSouthern Africa | 34.389 |
| 10 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 32.940 |
| 11 | JORWestern Asia | 32.849 |
| 12 | XKXSouthern Europe | 32.045 |
| 13 | HNDCentral America | 31.916 |
| 14 | ZMBEastern Africa | 31.361 |
| 15 | MUSEastern Africa | 31.211 |
| 16 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 31.171 |
| 17 | ZWEEastern Africa | 30.431 |
| 18 | RWAEastern Africa | 29.042 |
| 19 | EGYNorthern Africa | 28.743 |
| 20 | AGOMiddle Africa | 28.126 |
| 21 | PSEWestern Asia | 28.062 |
| 22 | INDSouthern Asia | 28.006 |
| 23 | IRNSouthern Asia | 27.468 |
| 24 | DOMCaribbean | 27.333 |
| 25 | COLSouth America | 27.264 |
| 26 | GRDCaribbean | 26.734 |
| 27 | SLVCentral America | 26.152 |
| 28 | GTMCentral America | 26.139 |
| 29 | JAMCaribbean | 26.052 |
| 30 | TURWestern Asia | 24.753 |
| 31 | ALBSouthern Europe | 24.084 |
| 32 | BRASouth America | 23.377 |
| 33 | CMRMiddle Africa | 23.223 |
| 34 | GHAWestern Africa | 22.745 |
| 35 | PERSouth America | 22.695 |
| 36 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 22.455 |
| 37 | GEOWestern Asia | 22.357 |
| 38 | ARMWestern Asia | 21.892 |
| 39 | COMEastern Africa | 21.168 |
| 40 | MNESouthern Europe | 20.657 |
| 41 | KGZCentral Asia | 19.964 |
| 42 | ITASouthern Europe | 19.768 |
| 43 | TUNNorthern Africa | 19.530 |
| 44 | LKASouthern Asia | 19.378 |
| 45 | BIHSouthern Europe | 19.302 |
| 46 | PANCentral America | 19.298 |
| 47 | SAUWestern Asia | 19.220 |
| 48 | CRICentral America | 18.991 |
| 49 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 18.679 |
| 50 | TONPolynesia | 18.677 |
| 51 | KENEastern Africa | 18.503 |
| 52 | ECUSouth America | 18.497 |
| 53 | MKDSouthern Europe | 18.311 |
| 54 | ROUEastern Europe | 18.015 |
| 55 | MEXCentral America | 17.918 |
| 56 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 17.721 |
| 57 | ETHEastern Africa | 17.529 |
| 58 | MNGEastern Asia | 17.331 |
| 59 | ISRWestern Asia | 16.762 |
| 60 | SRBSouthern Europe | 16.714 |
| 61 | ARGSouth America | 16.118 |
| 62 | TTOCaribbean | 15.465 |
| 63 | CHLSouth America | 15.335 |
| 64 | URYSouth America | 14.940 |
| 65 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 14.922 |
| 66 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 14.751 |
| 67 | CYPWestern Asia | 13.774 |
| 68 | UGAEastern Africa | 13.765 |
| 69 | BGREastern Europe | 13.568 |
| 70 | MDAEastern Europe | 13.550 |
| 71 | CANNorthern America | 12.798 |
| 72 | HRVSouthern Europe | 12.530 |
| 73 | POLEastern Europe | 12.445 |
| 74 | AUTWestern Europe | 12.257 |
| 75 | USANorthern America | 12.204 |
| 76 | GRCSouthern Europe | 12.048 |
| 77 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 11.890 |
| 78 | ESPSouthern Europe | 11.688 |
| 79 | MLTSouthern Europe | 11.610 |
| 80 | FRAWestern Europe | 11.483 |
| 81 | GBRNorthern Europe | 11.410 |
| 82 | LTUNorthern Europe | 11.314 |
| 83 | SVKEastern Europe | 11.075 |
| 84 | BOLSouth America | 10.976 |
| 85 | ESTNorthern Europe | 10.921 |
| 86 | HUNEastern Europe | 10.615 |
| 87 | LUXWestern Europe | 9.827 |
| 88 | CHEWestern Europe | 9.578 |
| 89 | BTNSouthern Asia | 9.563 |
| 90 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 9.270 |
| 91 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 9.250 |
| 92 | LVANorthern Europe | 8.687 |
| 93 | FINNorthern Europe | 8.492 |
| 94 | PRTSouthern Europe | 8.057 |
| 95 | DEUWestern Europe | 7.717 |
| 96 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 7.543 |
| 97 | HKGEastern Asia | 7.242 |
| 98 | IRLNorthern Europe | 7.240 |
| 99 | DNKNorthern Europe | 7.111 |
| 100 | ISLNorthern Europe | 6.973 |
| 101 | NORNorthern Europe | 6.692 |
| 102 | BELWestern Europe | 6.654 |
| 103 | CZEEastern Europe | 6.610 |
| 104 | SVNSouthern Europe | 6.597 |
| 105 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 6.188 |
| 106 | BLREastern Europe | 5.476 |
| 107 | SWENorthern Europe | 5.061 |
| 108 | NLDWestern Europe | 3.079 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Guyana44.774
- 2
Afghanistan43.769
- 3
Nauru40.986
- 4
Marshall Islands39.972
- 5
Saint Lucia39.203
Lowest
- 108
Netherlands3.079
- 107
Sweden5.061
- 106
Belarus5.476
- 105
Cambodia6.188
- 104
Slovenia6.597
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +18 / −14countries joined / left
- 90values changed, of 90 in both
- 28 · 62rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Saint Lucia35.411 → 39.203+3.792
Romania14.754 → 18.015+3.261
Luxembourg6.712 → 9.827+3.115
Singapore4.460 → 7.543+3.083
Rwanda26.139 → 29.042+2.903
Fell most
Mauritius41.724 → 31.211−10.513
Dominican Republic37.702 → 27.333−10.369
Afghanistan53.764 → 43.769−9.995
Pakistan42.625 → 34.564−8.061
Argentina22.328 → 16.118−6.210
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 108 countries has every column.
05The files
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ILO’s own file, on its own site.
SL.UEM.NEET.ZS
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021). Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-neet/2021
0623 held
Other years
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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2020104 countries
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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2022115 countries
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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training: every year23 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021?
Guyana, at 44.774, of the 108 countries in the file.
What year does Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021 cover?
108.
Where can I download Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024.