% of people aged 15–24 - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's youth neet rate was 8.5% as of January 2024. The long-term trend is broadly stable, though the recent 36-month direction is falling. The share of young people aged 15–24 who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). It captures young people disconnected from both work and study — a broader signal of disadvantage than youth unemployment alone, and a predictor of long-term exclusion. Data is sourced from World Bank / OECD (SL.UEM.NEET.ZS) and updated annually.
The share of young people aged 15–24 who are not in employment, education or training (NEET).
It captures young people disconnected from both work and study — a broader signal of disadvantage than youth unemployment alone, and a predictor of long-term exclusion.
Lower is better
Source: World Bank / OECD (SL.UEM.NEET.ZS)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (World Bank / OECD (SL.UEM.NEET.ZS)), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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