Where do the world's NEETs live?
The Global Employment Trends for Youth 2017 report found that rates of young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) varies widely according to both location and sex. Globally, young women are over three times more likely to be NEET than young men.
young female NEETs
NEET stands for Not in Education, Employment or Training. The Youth NEET rate is the percentage of people between 15 and 24 years old who are NEETs.
young male NEETs
young non-NEETs
WORLD POPULATION
34% of young women are NEETs
10% of young men are NEETs
SOUTHERN ASIA
NORTHERN AFRICA
53%
36%
6%
17%
CENTRAL & WESTERN ASIA
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
32%
27%
15%
12%
ARAB STATES
SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA & THE PACIFIC
27%
23%
10%
13%
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTHERN AMERICA
19%
19%
11%
14%
EASTERN EUROPE
NORTHERN, SOUTHERN & WESTERN EUROPE
17%
12%
14%
12%
EASTERN ASIA
5%
3%