Social & Inequality
NEET (15-24 years)
SL.UEM.NEET.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Venezuela. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Germany
- 7.58%2024
- Period covered
- 1983 - 202438 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 37.13%Venezuela, 2020
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 4.14%Netherlands, 2024
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Venezuela37.13%2020
United Kingdom14.4%2025
China12.69%2000
Italy11.96%2024
United States11.59%2025
Spain10.5%2025
Germany7.58%2024
Netherlands4.14%2024
Year by year values
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| Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.4% | 10.5% | 11.59% | |||||
| 2024 | 7.58% | 14.3% | 11.96% | 9.39% | 4.14% | 11.6% | ||
| 2023 | 7.68% | 12.8% | 12.67% | 9.3% | 3.72% | 11.19% | ||
| 2022 | 7.1% | 11.81% | 15.86% | 9.22% | 3.26% | 11.24% | ||
| 2021 | 7.72% | 11.41% | 19.77% | 11.69% | 3.08% | 12.2% | ||
| 2020 | 7.3% | 12.61% | 19.13% | 13.68% | 4.67% | 13.89% | 37.13% | |
| 2019 | 5.61% | 12.34% | 18.13% | 11.58% | 4.26% | 10.41% | ||
| 2018 | 6.01% | 12.33% | 19.24% | 11.84% | 4.03% | 10.92% | ||
| 2017 | 6.27% | 12.26% | 20.2% | 12.15% | 4.18% | 10.97% | 22.85% | |
| 2016 | 6.7% | 12.69% | 19.97% | 13.79% | 4.59% | 12.02% | 20.25% | |
| 2015 | 6.24% | 12.9% | 21.46% | 14.6% | 4.22% | 12.44% | ||
| 2014 | 6.37% | 13.99% | 22.18% | 15.75% | 5.83% | 13.39% | ||
| 2013 | 6.41% | 15.4% | 22.17% | 17.9% | 5.97% | 14.38% | ||
| 2012 | 7.23% | 16.19% | 20.97% | 16.84% | 5.04% | 13.91% | 19.64% | |
| 2011 | 8.16% | 16.57% | 19.68% | 17.58% | 4.2% | 14.42% | 18.91% | |
| 2010 | 8.45% | 16.19% | 19% | 17.13% | 4.69% | 15.23% | 18.8% | |
| 2009 | 8.31% | 15.89% | 17.57% | 17.4% | 4.87% | 15.03% | 20.85% | |
| 2008 | 8.31% | 14.55% | 16.59% | 13.24% | 4.59% | 13.03% | 23.49% | |
| 2007 | 9.47% | 14.29% | 16.16% | 10.85% | 4.58% | 12.29% | 23.39% | |
| 2006 | 9.86% | 14.3% | 16.8% | 11.12% | 5.12% | 12.46% | 24.45% | |
| 2005 | 11.35% | 13.9% | 17.28% | 12.96% | 6.43% | 13.15% | 25.5% | |
| 2004 | 10.08% | 10.55% | 16.37% | 11.77% | 4.86% | 13.14% | ||
| 2003 | 10.04% | 11.08% | 17.38% | 11.69% | 4.78% | 13.61% | ||
| 2002 | 8.76% | 11.04% | 16.65% | 11.48% | 3.86% | 13.43% | ||
| 2001 | 7.81% | 10.69% | 18.29% | 10.87% | 4.01% | 12.94% | ||
| 2000 | 8.07% | 10.68% | 19.13% | 11.11% | 4.23% | 12.39% | 12.69% | |
| 1999 | 8.18% | 10.98% | 21.61% | 12.38% | 7.94% | 12.47% | ||
| 1998 | 9.02% | 22.03% | 23.4% | 7.57% | 12.66% | |||
| 1997 | 9.31% | 22.67% | 16.35% | 10.82% | 13.38% | |||
| 1996 | 9.13% | 23.49% | 17.4% | 11.59% | 14.37% | |||
| 1995 | 22.79% | 18.04% | 7.73% | 15.04% | ||||
| 1994 | 17.12% | 23.01% | 20.02% | 6.66% | 15.29% | |||
| 1993 | 17.85% | 22.44% | 19.99% | 5.92% | ||||
| 1992 | 16.33% | 23.18% | 17.52% | 5.34% | ||||
| 1991 | 7.01% | 15.71% | 18.97% | 17.61% | 6.2% | |||
| 1990 | 6.57% | 13.15% | 20.51% | 17.8% | 6.48% | |||
| 1989 | 8.03% | 12.96% | 22.33% | 20.16% | 7.13% | |||
| 1988 | 7.39% | 15.91% | 23.43% | 24.13% | 7.87% | |||
| 1987 | 8.18% | 17.49% | 24.27% | 25.23% | 8.94% | |||
| 1986 | 7.91% | 19.45% | 24.21% | 31.11% | ||||
| 1985 | 9.12% | 19.37% | 24.11% | 10.37% | ||||
| 1984 | 8.8% | 20.11% | 23.52% | |||||
| 1983 | 8.26% | 21.8% | 20.92% | 12.16% |
World Bank definition
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. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).
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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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