Data for 2023
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023
Figures for 2023, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023 covers 104 countries. Gambia is highest, at 39.848; Netherlands is lowest, at 3.717. The middle country reads 14.982. Against 2022, 95 values changed (28 up, 67 down), 9 countries joined, 20 left.
Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training · Data for 2023
HighestGambia
39.848LowestNetherlands
3.717Shaded 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, 2023, 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 104 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMBWestern Africa | 39.848 |
| 2 | BWASouthern Africa | 37.581 |
| 3 | SWZSouthern Africa | 36.472 |
| 4 | KIRMicronesia | 35.412 |
| 5 | BFAWestern Africa | 34.250 |
| 6 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 33.977 |
| 7 | XKXSouthern Europe | 33.257 |
| 8 | MLIWestern Africa | 31.343 |
| 9 | LCACaribbean | 30.931 |
| 10 | SENWestern Africa | 30.565 |
| 11 | HNDCentral America | 30.390 |
| 12 | JORWestern Asia | 30.233 |
| 13 | ZWEEastern Africa | 29.980 |
| 14 | ZMBEastern Africa | 28.926 |
| 15 | RWAEastern Africa | 27.923 |
| 16 | DOMCaribbean | 25.678 |
| 17 | IRNSouthern Asia | 25.650 |
| 18 | TONPolynesia | 25.611 |
| 19 | NCLMelanesia | 24.742 |
| 20 | EGYNorthern Africa | 24.567 |
| 21 | GTMCentral America | 23.824 |
| 22 | INDSouthern Asia | 23.494 |
| 23 | ALBSouthern Europe | 23.359 |
| 24 | COLSouth America | 23.251 |
| 25 | TUNNorthern Africa | 22.648 |
| 26 | TURWestern Asia | 22.494 |
| 27 | GHAWestern Africa | 21.934 |
| 28 | SLVCentral America | 21.518 |
| 29 | AGOMiddle Africa | 21.383 |
| 30 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 21.365 |
| 31 | CRICentral America | 20.883 |
| 32 | BRASouth America | 20.621 |
| 33 | SYCEastern Africa | 20.365 |
| 34 | ARMWestern Asia | 20.177 |
| 35 | GRDCaribbean | 20.092 |
| 36 | BTNSouthern Asia | 19.812 |
| 37 | JAMCaribbean | 19.696 |
| 38 | KGZCentral Asia | 19.307 |
| 39 | MKDSouthern Europe | 19.131 |
| 40 | ECUSouth America | 18.634 |
| 41 | LKASouthern Asia | 18.198 |
| 42 | GEOWestern Asia | 18.049 |
| 43 | MNESouthern Europe | 17.621 |
| 44 | MUSEastern Africa | 17.370 |
| 45 | SAUWestern Asia | 16.986 |
| 46 | ROUEastern Europe | 16.541 |
| 47 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 16.524 |
| 48 | BIHSouthern Europe | 15.980 |
| 49 | MEXCentral America | 15.913 |
| 50 | CHLSouth America | 15.321 |
| 51 | PANCentral America | 15.139 |
| 52 | ARGSouth America | 15.028 |
| 53 | ISRWestern Asia | 14.935 |
| 54 | URYSouth America | 14.863 |
| 55 | MNGEastern Asia | 14.622 |
| 56 | TTOCaribbean | 14.381 |
| 57 | BGDSouthern Asia | 14.338 |
| 58 | CYPWestern Asia | 13.644 |
| 59 | LTUNorthern Europe | 13.546 |
| 60 | MDAEastern Europe | 13.308 |
| 61 | AUTWestern Europe | 13.118 |
| 62 | GBRNorthern Europe | 12.802 |
| 63 | ITASouthern Europe | 12.672 |
| 64 | GRCSouthern Europe | 12.505 |
| 65 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 12.463 |
| 66 | SRBSouthern Europe | 12.397 |
| 67 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 12.362 |
| 68 | FRAWestern Europe | 11.804 |
| 69 | NGAWestern Africa | 11.723 |
| 70 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 11.690 |
| 71 | CANNorthern America | 11.685 |
| 72 | PLWMicronesia | 11.273 |
| 73 | USANorthern America | 11.191 |
| 74 | BGREastern Europe | 11.152 |
| 75 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 10.818 |
| 76 | POLEastern Europe | 10.236 |
| 77 | HRVSouthern Europe | 9.874 |
| 78 | HUNEastern Europe | 9.832 |
| 79 | BOLSouth America | 9.597 |
| 80 | ESTNorthern Europe | 9.595 |
| 81 | ESPSouthern Europe | 9.300 |
| 82 | SVKEastern Europe | 9.166 |
| 83 | AREWestern Asia | 8.917 |
| 84 | FINNorthern Europe | 8.841 |
| 85 | RUSEastern Europe | 8.701 |
| 86 | PRTSouthern Europe | 8.531 |
| 87 | LUXWestern Europe | 8.184 |
| 88 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 7.913 |
| 89 | MLTSouthern Europe | 7.882 |
| 90 | DEUWestern Europe | 7.678 |
| 91 | SVNSouthern Europe | 7.270 |
| 92 | DNKNorthern Europe | 7.155 |
| 93 | CZEEastern Europe | 7.034 |
| 94 | BELWestern Europe | 6.765 |
| 95 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 6.757 |
| 96 | CHEWestern Europe | 6.611 |
| 97 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 6.315 |
| 98 | HKGEastern Asia | 5.942 |
| 99 | ISLNorthern Europe | 5.843 |
| 100 | NORNorthern Europe | 5.717 |
| 101 | LVANorthern Europe | 5.700 |
| 102 | SWENorthern Europe | 5.120 |
| 103 | IRLNorthern Europe | 5.067 |
| 104 | NLDWestern Europe | 3.717 |
02In 2023
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Gambia39.848
- 2
Botswana37.581
- 3
Eswatini36.472
- 4
Kiribati35.412
- 5
Burkina Faso34.250
Lowest
- 104
Netherlands3.717
- 103
Ireland5.067
- 102
Sweden5.120
- 101
Latvia5.700
- 100
Norway5.717
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.982. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032022 → 2023
Since 2022
What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +9 / −20countries joined / left
- 95values changed, of 95 in both
- 28 · 67rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Burkina Faso18.528 → 34.250+15.722
Lithuania9.653 → 13.546+3.893
Saint Lucia27.088 → 30.931+3.843
Costa Rica17.181 → 20.883+3.702
Malta6.177 → 7.882+1.705
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 104 countries has every column.
05The files
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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) (2023). Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-neet/2023
0623 held
Other years
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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2022115 countries
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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 202497 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, 2023: questions and answers
Which country has the highest youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023?
Gambia, at 39.848, of the 104 countries in the file.
What year does Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023 describe?
2023.
How many countries does Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023 cover?
104.
Where can I download Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2023?
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, 2023 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024.