Data for 2024

Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024

Name: Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

Figures for 2024, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024 covers 97 countries. Belarus is highest, at 65.734; Iceland is lowest, at 3.975. The middle country reads 14.306. Against 2023, 89 values changed (42 up, 47 down), 8 countries joined, 15 left.

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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training · Data for 2024

HighestBelarus

65.734

LowestIceland

3.975

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

97countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
97distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	65.734
2	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	50.410
3	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	39.419
4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.998
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.980
6	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.994
7	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.174
8	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.610
9	Honduras`HND`Central America	30.750
10	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.122
11	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	30.040
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	29.390
13	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26.729
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.694
15	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.862
16	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.688
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.564
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.322
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.188
20	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.030
21	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.910
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.776
23	Colombia`COL`South America	23.152
24	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.946
25	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.627
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.634
27	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21.029
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	20.786
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	20.543
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.536
31	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.207
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.312
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19.049
34	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.951
35	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.470
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.282
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.234
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.037
39	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	16.932
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.324
41	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.163
42	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.885
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15.847
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.431
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.266
46	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.912
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	14.704
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14.692
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	14.306
50	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.300
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.246
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.028
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.944
54	Chile`CHL`South America	13.759
55	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.265
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.172
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.959
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.828
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.824
60	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.780
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.598
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	12.571
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.959
64	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.909
65	United States`USA`Northern America	11.597
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.491
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.893
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.543
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.430
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10.253
71	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.233
72	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.231
73	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.980
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.903
75	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.890
76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.392
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.750
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.530
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.424
80	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.279
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.147
82	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.083
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.021
84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.845
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.761
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.576
87	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.125
88	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.915
89	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.897
90	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.446
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.818
92	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.668
93	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.667
94	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.576
95	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.617
96	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.140
97	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.975

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belarus65.734
2Nauru50.410
3Malawi39.419
4Botswana37.998
5Lesotho37.980

Lowest

97Iceland3.975
96Netherlands4.140
95Czechia4.617
94Sweden5.576
93Ireland5.667

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.306. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −15countries joined / left
89values changed, of 89 in both
42 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe29.980 → 35.994+6.014
Senegal30.565 → 35.174+4.609
Latvia5.700 → 9.890+4.190
Angola21.383 → 24.564+3.181
Brunei16.524 → 19.049+2.525

Fell most

Burkina Faso34.250 → 21.634−12.616
Saint Lucia30.931 → 22.627−8.304
Mongolia14.622 → 9.903−4.719
Seychelles20.365 → 16.932−3.433
Mauritius17.370 → 13.944−3.426

+ Belarus

+ Fiji

+ Gabon

+ Lesotho

+ Malawi

+ Nauru

+ Palestine

+ Tanzania

− United Arab Emirates

− Armenia

− Gambia

− Grenada

− Indonesia

− Jamaica

− Kyrgyzstan

− Cambodia

− Kiribati

− New Caledonia

− Philippines

− Palau

− Eswatini

− Tonga

− Tunisia

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.

How values are stored

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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-neet/2024

0623 held

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