Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15-24 in Asia

48 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: % of youth. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3.1 %
Japan
Median country
16.3 %
half above, half below
World
20.0 %
ILO aggregate
Range
3.1 to 55.7
Japan - Afghanistan

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Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Afghanistan (55.7 %) and the lowest in Japan (3.1 %).

The median country is at 16.3 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: ILO, ILO modelled estimates (ILOSTAT) · licence

Youth NEET rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Japan3.1
2Azerbaijan3.3
3Macao3.7
4Qatar5.6
5Hong Kong5.7
6Singapore6.0
7Kazakhstan7.8
8United Arab Emirates9.0
9North Korea9.4
10Malaysia10.3
11Bahrain10.3
12Cyprus10.7
13Vietnam10.9
14Cambodia11.0
15South Korea11.0
16China11.2
17Philippines12.7
18Thailand12.9
19Uzbekistan13.7
20Mongolia14.8
21Israel15.3
22Bangladesh15.6
23Kuwait15.6
24Saudi Arabia16.2
25Myanmar16.3
26Brunei16.7
27Turkmenistan17.0
28Sri Lanka17.4
29Kyrgyzstan19.5
30Bhutan20.1
31Armenia20.4
32Indonesia21.5
33Laos22.6
34Türkiye23.1
35Georgia24.0
36India24.3
37Maldives24.3
38Oman25.6
39Iran26.0
40Timor-Leste29.0
41Jordan30.6
42Nepal30.7
43Syria34.4
44Pakistan34.4
45Iraq36.9
46Tajikistan39.6
47Yemen46.0
48Afghanistan55.7
ILO · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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