Cambodia's share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) was 11.25% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.48 percentage points from 10.76% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.25% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 7.25% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.76% | 2015 |
| Highest | 25.23% | 1998 |
| Lowest | 7.25% | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | 9.62% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 9.97% | 1996 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.55 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.43 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Cambodia had the 37th highest value of the 68 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 11.25% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 32.68% | 2024 |
Closest to Cambodia in the 2025 ranking
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 23 values
| Year | Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.25 |
| 2024 | no data |
| 2023 | 8.34 |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | 8.11 |
| 2020 | 7.25 |
| 2019 | 12.59 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 9.76 |
| 2016 | 10.03 |
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) in nearby economies
- Australia — 8.11% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 19.56% (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 5.8% (2025)
- Indonesia — 26.46% (2023)
- Japan — 3.76% (2019)
- Malaysia — 10.57% (2022)
- Mongolia — 10.2% (2025)
More social protection & labor data for Cambodia
- Net migration — -31,469 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 11,332 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 23 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 68.15% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 72.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 70.55% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 82.06% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Cambodia's share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population)?
- 11.25% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is up 1.28 percentage points from 9.97% in 1996. The highest value was 25.23% in 1998 and the lowest 7.25% in 2020.
- How does Cambodia rank?
- 37th highest of 68 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.
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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