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NEET (15-24 years)

SL.UEM.NEET.ZS · %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt. 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, Italy
11.96%2024
Period covered
1983 - 202442 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
46.53%Sudan, 2022
Lowest of the compared countries
4.14%Netherlands, 2024

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

0255019831994200420152025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Sudan46.53%2022
  • South Sudan29.06%2008
  • Egypt23.78%2024
  • China12.69%2000
  • Italy11.96%2024
  • United States11.59%2025
  • Spain10.5%2025
  • Netherlands4.14%2024

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
ItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaSouth SudanSudanEgypt
202510.5%11.59%
202411.96%9.39%4.14%11.6%23.78%
202312.67%9.3%3.72%11.19%24.57%
202215.86%9.22%3.26%11.24%46.53%26.92%
202119.77%11.69%3.08%12.2%28.74%
202019.13%13.68%4.67%13.89%30.16%
201918.13%11.58%4.26%10.41%27.96%
201819.24%11.84%4.03%10.92%27.1%
201720.2%12.15%4.18%10.97%26.9%
201619.97%13.79%4.59%12.02%27.61%
201521.46%14.6%4.22%12.44%27.61%
201422.18%15.75%5.83%13.39%26.28%
201322.17%17.9%5.97%14.38%28.4%
201220.97%16.84%5.04%13.91%31.55%
201119.68%17.58%4.2%14.42%33.09%32.1%
201019%17.13%4.69%15.23%33.08%
200917.57%17.4%4.87%15.03%29.9%
200816.59%13.24%4.59%13.03%29.06%38.88%29.66%
200716.16%10.85%4.58%12.29%
200616.8%11.12%5.12%12.46%

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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