Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex and age - 19th ICLS (%) by country

Countries reporting
63
Highest
51.0%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
3.1%
Japan
Median
12.3%
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
615

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex and age - 19th ICLS (%) is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 51.0% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 3.1% in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.3%, and the mean is 14.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 109.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 62.9%).

Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 51.0% 2024 up 14.0% rising
2 Zambia 43.3% 2024 down 11.8% falling
3 Botswana 40.1% 2024 up 20.8% rising
4 Jordan 30.2% 2023 down 20.6% falling
5 Ghana 29.5% 2024 down 0.5% flat
6 Rwanda 27.3% 2024 down 11.3% flat
7 Angola 25.2% 2023 falling
8 New Caledonia 24.7% 2023 up 109.0% rising
9 Armenia 24.3% 2023 down 27.7% falling
10 El Salvador 21.6% 2024 falling
11 Brazil 19.3% 2024 down 6.7% falling
12 Costa Rica 18.3% 2024 down 0.2% flat
13 Republic of Moldova 17.6% 2024 down 40.7% falling
13 Republic of Moldova 17.6% 2024 down 40.7% falling
15 Georgia 17.5% 2024 falling
16 Romania 17.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
17 Saudi Arabia 16.2% 2024 up 3.6% flat
18 Trinidad and Tobago 15.8% 2024 up 8.5% flat
19 Israel 15.3% 2024 up 5.5% rising
20 Lithuania 14.9% 2024 up 50.5% rising
21 Panama 14.7% 2024 down 21.6% falling
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.3% 2024 up 2.2% flat
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.3% 2024 up 2.2% flat
24 Uruguay 14.1% 2024 down 20.7% falling
25 Chile 13.5% 2025 down 30.0% falling
26 Canada 13.3% 2025 unchanged flat
27 Austria 13.3% 2024 up 23.2% rising
28 Cyprus 13.2% 2024 down 22.6% falling
29 New Zealand 12.8% 2024 up 9.6% flat
30 France 12.6% 2024 down 6.9% falling
31 Viet Nam 12.3% 2024 falling
31 Viet Nam 12.3% 2024 falling
33 Italy 12.0% 2024 down 46.1% falling
34 United States of America 11.6% 2025 down 6.8% falling
35 Bulgaria 10.9% 2024 down 46.1% falling
36 Spain 10.5% 2025 down 28.1% falling
37 Greece 10.4% 2024 down 47.5% falling
38 Luxembourg 10.2% 2024 up 61.4% rising
38 Estonia 10.2% 2024 down 12.9% falling
40 Mongolia 10.1% 2024 down 52.3% falling
41 Hungary 10.0% 2024 down 26.7% falling
42 Latvia 9.9% 2024 down 17.7% falling
43 Slovakia 8.8% 2024 down 37.8% falling
44 Australia 8.5% 2024 down 15.5% falling
45 Russian Federation 8.4% 2024 down 31.5% falling
45 Russian Federation 8.4% 2024 down 31.5% falling
47 Finland 8.3% 2024 down 16.0% falling
48 Belgium 8.2% 2024 down 32.4% falling
49 Croatia 8.1% 2024 down 57.2% falling
50 Malta 7.8% 2024 down 23.7% falling
51 Portugal 7.8% 2024 down 36.3% falling
52 Germany 7.6% 2024 up 19.2% rising
53 Slovenia 7.1% 2024 down 24.3% falling
54 Switzerland 6.9% 2024 down 24.1% falling
55 Denmark 6.9% 2024 up 8.0% flat
56 Singapore 6.5% 2024 up 79.2% rising
57 Norway 5.8% 2024 down 9.5% falling
58 Ireland 5.7% 2024 down 62.9% falling
59 Sweden 5.6% 2024 down 23.0% falling
60 Czechia 4.6% 2024 down 45.1% falling
61 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.1% 2024 down 29.0% falling
62 Iceland 4.0% 2024 down 30.6% rising
63 Japan 3.1% 2019 down 16.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex and age - 19th ICLS (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
65 places, 615 data points, 2014–2025
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