Armenia's share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) was 23.02% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 18.59 percentage points from 41.61% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23.02% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 29.65% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 41.61% | 2013 |
| Highest | 45.27% | 2010 |
| Lowest | 23.02% | 2023 |
| Average since 2014 | 31.4% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 41.85% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Armenia's share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) fell 4.71 percentage points on 2022 (from 27.73% to 23.02%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was −1.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.17 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.88 percentage points in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.66 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 83% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 19.08% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.93%, against 5.3% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 23.02% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 12.62% | 2025 |
Closest to Armenia in the 2023 ranking
- Indonesia — 1st of 4: 26.46%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 2nd of 4: 26.08%
- Jamaica — 4th of 4: 20.28%
What this measures
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).
Limitations: When differing from international standards, the operational criteria used to define employment and the participation in education or training will naturally affect the comparability of the resulting statistics, as will the coverage of the source of statistics (geographical coverage, population coverage, age coverage, etc.). NEET rates are calculated preferably for youth defined as persons aged 15 to 24, but when studying these rates it is important to keep in mind that not all persons complete their education by the age of 24.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 18 values
| Year | Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.02 |
| 2022 | 27.73 |
| 2021 | 25.14 |
| 2020 | 30.6 |
| 2019 | 29.17 |
| 2018 | 29.65 |
| 2017 | 37.53 |
| 2016 | 37.83 |
| 2015 | 34.8 |
| 2014 | 38.49 |
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Armenia
- Net migration — -29,013 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 15,578 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 30.56% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 45.94% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 38.35% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 62.95% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 79.7% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Armenia's share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population)?
- 23.02% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.NEET.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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