Youth Empowerment Youth (15-24) Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)Most Recent Data by Country

Country	Income Group	Year	Total Population (million)	Total Youth Population (million)	Youth Total NEET (%)	Youth Female NEET (%)	Youth Male NEET (%)	NEET Gender Ratio
Afghanistan	Low income	2017	36.296	7.823	42.0	65.9	18.3	3.6
Albania	Upper middle income	2007	2.970	0.561	33.8	36.7	30.8	1.2
Algeria	Lower middle income	2017	41.389	6.242	21.0	31.7	10.9	2.9
Angola	Lower middle income	2014	26.942	5.210	27.9	33.6	21.7	1.5
Argentina	Upper middle income	2017	44.045	7.023	19.3	22.8	15.8	1.4
Armenia	Upper middle income	2011	2.877	0.505	44.6	44.5	44.8	1.0
Aruba	High income	2010	0.102	0.012	16.6	15.6	17.4	0.9
Australia	High income	2009	21.692	3.105	11.4	12.6	10.3	1.2
Austria	High income	2004	8.172	1.003	9.6	9.5	9.8	1.0
Bangladesh	Lower middle income	2016	157.977	30.515	28.9	47.0	10.0	4.7
Belarus	Upper middle income	2009	9.507	1.414	12.1	13.8	10.5	1.3
Belgium	High income	2004	10.421	1.268	8.6	8.8	8.3	1.1
Belize	Lower middle income	2012	0.338	0.069	11.9	13.7	10.1	1.4
Benin	Lower middle income	2011	9.461	1.866	17.2	23.2	10.9	2.1
Bermuda	High income	2010	0.065		6.8	5.5	8.2	0.7
Bolivia	Lower middle income	2011	10.213	1.972	10.9	17.5	4.1	4.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper middle income	2006	3.765	0.564	34.7	35.3	34.0	1.0
Botswana	Upper middle income	2019	2.304	0.422	33.2	35.3	31.1	1.1
Brazil	Upper middle income	2011	197.515	34.520	19.4	25.9	13.1	2.0
Brunei	High income	2017	0.424	0.070	20.0	20.0	20.0	1.0
Bulgaria	Upper middle income	2003	7.775	1.073	28.3	29.1	27.5	1.1
Burkina Faso	Low income	2018	19.751	3.960	41.0	49.1	30.5	1.6
Burundi	Low income	2017	10.827	2.120	6.2	6.0	6.4	0.9
Cabo Verde	Lower middle income	2017	0.537	0.100	31.4	33.0	29.9	1.1
Cambodia	Lower middle income	2017	16.009	3.143	6.1	9.3	3.1	3.0
Cameroon	Lower middle income	2014	22.682	4.542	17.0	23.1	10.5	2.2
Canada	High income	2004	31.941	4.341	17.9	16.7	19.1	0.9
Chad	Low income	2018	15.478	3.166	37.0	46.4	24.8	1.9
Chile	High income	2009	16.886	2.869	23.2	27.7	18.7	1.5
Colombia	Upper middle income	2002	40.875	7.704	29.9	39.8	19.7	2.0
Comoros	Lower middle income	2014	0.759	0.152	27.6	33.1	21.4	1.6
Congo	Lower middle income	2005	3.623	0.718	26.5	29.1	23.7	1.2
Costa Rica	Upper middle income	2001	4.034	0.749	21.6	32.2	11.8	2.7
Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle income	2016	23.823	4.904	36.0	46.5	23.7	2.0
Croatia	High income	2005	4.310	0.584	16.7	16.0	17.4	0.9
Curaçao	High income	2018	0.159	0.020	5.1	5.6	4.5	1.2
Cyprus	High income	2003	0.994	0.170	8.9	11.3	6.3	1.8
Czech Republic	High income	2003	10.194	1.431	11.6	14.6	8.7	1.7
Dem. Rep. Congo	Low income	2012	69.021	13.031	21.4	25.8	16.4	1.6
Denmark	High income	2003	5.391	0.593	5.4	5.4	5.5	1.0
Djibouti	Lower middle income	2017	0.944	0.179	19.3	24.0	14.5	1.7
Dominican Republic	Upper middle income	2000	8.471	1.667	19.7	28.2	11.0	2.6
Ecuador	Upper middle income	2003	13.370	2.575	21.0	30.7	11.9	2.6
Egypt	Lower middle income	2015	92.443	16.603	27.6	35.8	19.8	1.8
El Salvador	Lower middle income	2009	6.158	1.201	28.9	41.7	15.4	2.7
Estonia	High income	2003	1.371	0.203	12.1	13.8	10.5	1.3
Eswatini	Lower middle income	2016	1.114	0.243	35.5	41.2	29.9	1.4
Ethiopia	Low income	2013	95.386	19.993	10.5	15.1	5.7	2.7
Fiji	Upper middle income	2016	0.872	0.147	20.1	29.6	10.8	2.7
Finland	High income	2003	5.213	0.659	11.0	11.6	10.3	1.1
France	High income	2003	62.245	7.776	9.5	10.3	8.7	1.2
Georgia	Upper middle income	2012	3.729	0.581	32.6	39.2	25.8	1.5
Germany	High income	2003	82.534	9.398	10.0	10.3	9.7	1.1
Ghana	Lower middle income	2017	29.121	5.691	30.5	33.3	27.7	1.2
Greece	High income	2003	10.928	1.506	13.7	17.3	10.1	1.7
Guatemala	Upper middle income	2010	14.260	3.070	24.4	42.1	6.3	6.7
Guinea	Low income	2002	8.586	1.658	6.2	5.9	6.6	0.9
Guyana	Upper middle income	2018	0.779	0.157	35.8	46.8	24.8	1.9
Haiti	Lower middle income	2012	10.251	2.091	18.2	23.7	12.7	1.9
Honduras	Lower middle income	2015	9.113	1.933	27.0	42.0	11.6	3.6
Hong Kong SAR, China	High income	2009	6.973	0.889	7.4	7.0	7.9	0.9
Hungary	High income	2004	10.107	1.338	12.4	14.4	10.3	1.4
Iceland	High income	2003	0.290	0.043	4.5	6.1
India	Lower middle income	2018	1352.642	246.377	30.4	48.3	14.3	3.4
Indonesia	Lower middle income	2000	211.514	43.217	29.4	38.5	20.0	1.9
Iran	Lower middle income	2017	80.674	11.663	32.3	46.0	19.3	2.4
Iraq	Upper middle income	2012	31.890	6.457	40.6	65.5	16.9	3.9
Ireland	High income	2003	3.997	0.671	8.8	9.9	7.8	1.3
Israel	High income	2012	7.911	1.135	15.4	17.1	13.6	1.2
Italy	High income	2004	57.685	6.120	16.3	18.7	13.9	1.3
Japan	High income	2012	127.629	12.500	4.2	5.6	2.8	2.0
Jordan	Upper middle income	2017	9.786	1.890	38.1	48.3	28.8	1.7
Kazakhstan	Upper middle income	2001	14.858	2.737	18.6
Kenya	Lower middle income	2016	49.052	9.989	13.7	18.2	9.2	2.0
Kiribati	Lower middle income	2015	0.111	0.022	46.9	47.6	46.2	1.0
Kosovo	Upper middle income	2014	1.813		30.2	34.0	26.6	1.3
Kyrgyz Republic	Lower middle income	2009	5.383	1.195	17.8	23.5	12.2	1.9
Lao PDR	Lower middle income	2017	6.953	1.408	42.1	44.9	39.1	1.1
Latvia	High income	2003	2.288	0.350	12.7	16.6	8.9	1.9
Lebanon	Upper middle income	2019	6.856	1.194	23.5	28.9	17.9	1.6
Liberia	Low income	2014	4.360	0.828	15.1	20.0	9.6	2.1
Lithuania	High income	2004	3.377	0.499	9.9	10.4	9.3	1.1
Luxembourg	High income	2003	0.452	0.051	5.1	5.8	4.5	1.3
Macao SAR, China	High income	2009	0.526	0.100	7.2	5.7	8.4	0.7
Madagascar	Low income	2015	24.234	4.953	6.8	9.3	4.1	2.2
Malawi	Low income	2017	17.670	3.660	32.9	41.4	23.6	1.8
Malaysia	Upper middle income	2016	30.685	5.673	11.7	15.3	8.4	1.8
Maldives	Upper middle income	2016	0.476	0.090	23.5	25.3	21.5	1.2
Mali	Low income	2013	16.450	3.123	18.2	26.5	9.1	2.9
Malta	High income	2004	0.401	0.058	12.2	14.0	10.5	1.3
Mauritania	Lower middle income	2017	4.283	0.824	35.5	45.2	22.7	2.0
Mauritius	Upper middle income	2001	1.196	0.210	33.8	46.3	21.7	2.1
Mexico	Upper middle income	2005	106.005	19.906	21.5	33.4	8.6	3.9
Micronesia	Lower middle income	2014	0.107	0.023	23.7	29.1	18.3	1.6
Moldova	Upper middle income	2018	2.708	0.484	28.3	24.3	31.9	0.8
Mongolia	Lower middle income	2008	2.632	0.600	17.8	17.9	17.8	1.0
Montenegro	Upper middle income	2011	0.620	0.089	18.3	18.1	18.4	1.0
Myanmar	Lower middle income	2017	53.383	9.692	17.4	23.6	10.5	2.2
Namibia	Upper middle income	2018	2.448	0.487	31.8	34.2	29.3	1.2
Nauru	High income	2013	0.010		36.4	51.3	22.0	2.3
Nepal	Lower middle income	2017	27.633	6.218	35.3	46.6	21.5	2.2
Netherlands	High income	2003	16.225	1.920	4.8	5.4	4.2	1.3
New Caledonia	High income	2014	0.268	0.042	11.8	12.2	11.5	1.1
New Zealand	High income	2004	4.088	0.579	10.8	14.5	7.1	2.0
Nicaragua	Lower middle income	2014	6.143	1.215	1.4	1.7	1.1	1.5
Niger	Low income	2017	21.602	4.123	68.6	77.1	56.9	1.4
Nigeria	Lower middle income	2019	200.964	38.719	31.4	37.7	26.0	1.4
North Macedonia	Upper middle income	2006	2.063	0.332	41.3	43.8	38.9	1.1
Norway	High income	2003	4.565	0.552	10.0	9.7	10.3	0.9
Pakistan	Lower middle income	2018	212.228	41.935	31.0	54.9	7.6	7.3
Palau	High income	2014	0.018		12.9	14.4	11.1	1.3
Panama	Upper middle income	2008	3.516	0.620	21.9	32.4	12.0	2.7
Papua New Guinea	Lower middle income	2010	7.311	1.390	27.7	29.0	26.4	1.1
Paraguay	Upper middle income	2001	5.428	1.096	21.5	32.3	11.1	2.9
Peru	Upper middle income	2002	27.101	5.379	13.7	18.1	9.5	1.9
Philippines	Lower middle income	2006	87.889	17.288	24.7	31.4	18.1	1.7
Poland	High income	2004	38.182	6.350	14.5	14.4	14.5	1.0
Portugal	High income	2004	10.484	1.347	10.3	10.8	9.7	1.1
Qatar	High income	2009	1.655	0.275	9.4	30.7	2.9	10.7
Romania	Upper middle income	2003	21.574	3.400	19.3	21.3	17.4	1.2
Russia	Upper middle income	2009	142.785	22.234	14.1	17.8	10.5	1.7
Rwanda	Low income	2017	11.981	2.351	30.8	36.2	25.0	1.4
Samoa	Lower middle income	2017	0.195	0.035	37.9	41.5	34.6	1.2
Saudi Arabia	High income	2011	28.268	5.134	20.6	30.0	11.4	2.6
Senegal	Lower middle income	2015	14.578	2.885	36.2	42.8	28.7	1.5
Serbia	Upper middle income	2008	7.350	1.266	20.3	21.3	19.4	1.1
Seychelles	High income	2019	0.098	0.013	20.9	21.1	20.7	1.0
Sierra Leone	Low income	2014	7.017	1.417	10.1	10.6	9.5	1.1
Singapore	High income	2013	5.399	0.777	3.7	4.8	2.8	1.7
Slovak Republic	High income	2003	5.373	0.895	17.0	17.1	16.9	1.0
Slovenia	High income	2003	1.996	0.279	7.3	7.5	7.1	1.1
Solomon Islands	Lower middle income	2013	0.571	0.109	7.0	8.9	5.1	1.8
South Africa	Upper middle income	2012	52.833	10.282	32.2
Spain	High income	2003	42.188	5.524	11.7	13.5	9.9	1.4
Sri Lanka	Lower middle income	2013	20.585	3.133	27.5	36.2	18.0	2.0
St. Lucia	Upper middle income	2017	0.181	0.032	33.7	32.3	34.9	0.9
Sudan	Low income	2011	35.350	6.872	32.8	46.4	20.0	2.3
Suriname	Upper middle income	2016	0.565	0.099	14.6	18.8	10.7	1.8
Sweden	High income	2003	8.958	1.066	6.5	6.4	6.6	1.0
Switzerland	High income	2003	7.339	0.855	7.3	7.7	6.9	1.1
Tajikistan	Lower middle income	2009	7.365	1.675	42.2	52.4	30.4	1.7
Tanzania	Lower middle income	2014	49.961	9.730	14.9	19.0	10.6	1.8
Thailand	Upper middle income	2009	66.867	9.751	13.7	20.0	7.7	2.6
The Gambia	Low income	2018	2.280	0.463	49.5	53.5	45.3	1.2
Timor-Leste	Lower middle income	2016	1.219	0.263	21.0	25.7	16.2	1.6
Togo	Low income	2017	7.698	1.488	25.1	31.5	18.3	1.7
Tonga	Upper middle income	2018	0.103	0.020	30.3	31.5	29.0	1.1
Trinidad and Tobago	High income	2013	1.354	0.197	52.0	58.6	45.9	1.3
Tunisia	Lower middle income	2010	10.635	1.984	25.2	31.2	19.4	1.6
Turkey	Upper middle income	2006	68.757	12.632	38.5	53.6	22.7	2.4
Tuvalu	Upper middle income	2016	0.011		29.0	37.4	21.7	1.7
Uganda	Low income	2017	41.167	8.501	33.5	42.3	23.7	1.8
Ukraine	Lower middle income	2014	45.272	5.170	20.0	23.9	16.2	1.5
United Kingdom	High income	2004	59.988	7.737	5.4	6.7	4.2	1.6
United States	High income	1994	263.126	36.346	19.0	22.3	15.7	1.4
Uruguay	High income	1998	3.291	0.532	20.9	26.0	15.8	1.6
Vanuatu	Lower middle income	2009	0.230	0.045	26.3	32.4	20.1	1.6
Venezuela		2016	29.851	5.121	20.2	27.3	13.5	2.0
Vietnam	Lower middle income	2009	87.092	17.620	10.3	12.9	7.7	1.7
West Bank and Gaza	Lower middle income	2000		0.627	33.0	47.2	19.3	2.5
Yemen	Low income	2014	25.823	5.764	44.8	69.7	22.0	3.2
Zambia	Lower middle income	2017	16.854	3.474	43.5	49.5	36.4	1.4
Zimbabwe	Lower middle income	2019	14.645	2.945	44.8	53.0	36.6	1.5