5 Countries with the Highest Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

In this article, we take a look at 5 countries with the highest share of youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET). If you would like to take a look at our detailed analysis of the economic cost of youth unemployment, you can go to 20 Countries with the Highest Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET).

5. Yemen

Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training (2014): 44.8%

Yemen is one of the countries with the highest share of youth not in education, employment, or training. This is why the country ranks fifth on our list with a NEET rate of 44.8%

4. Guyana

Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training (2019): 46.4%

Guyana is a South American country with a NEET rate of 46.4%. This means that in 2019, 46.4% of the youth aged 15 to 24 were neither working nor studying.

3. Vanuatu

Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training (2020): 47.5%

In 2020, 87.2% of Vanuatu’s youth NEETs were inactive non-students, amounting to 15,913 individuals. The other 12.8% were unemployed non-students.

2. Kiribati

Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training (2020): 47.6%

Despite having a high youth NEET rate, Kiribati was one of the countries where the gender gap between male and female NEETs was less than 5%. 92.4% of the youth NEETs were inactive non-students.

1. Tuvalu

Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training (2022): 71.1%

Tuvalu ranks number one on our list of countries with the highest share of youth not in education, employment, or training. The country had a youth NEET rate of 71.1% in 2022. Within its population of male NEETs, 100% of the individuals were inactive non-students.

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