Gabon's share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) was 25.45% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.008 percentage points from 25.45% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25.45% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 25.52% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 25.45% | 2015 |
| Highest | 26.27% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 24.94% | 2019 |
| Average since 2016 | 25.23% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 25.63% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Gabon's share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) rose 0.25 percentage points on 2024 (from 25.2% to 25.45%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above 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 0.57 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.32 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Gabon had the 25th highest value of the 182 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 25.45% | 2025 |
| World | 12.89% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.53% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 12.9% | 2025 |
Closest to Gabon in the 2025 ranking
- Chad — 22nd of 182: 26.26%
- Congo, Rep. — 23rd of 182: 26.26%
- Zambia — 24th of 182: 25.61%
- Guinea — 26th of 182: 25.33%
- Libya — 27th of 182: 25.28%
- Tajikistan — 28th of 182: 25.23%
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 21 values
| Year | Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.45 |
| 2024 | 25.2 |
| 2023 | 25.02 |
| 2022 | 25.07 |
| 2021 | 25.33 |
| 2020 | 25.52 |
| 2019 | 24.94 |
| 2018 | 25.14 |
| 2017 | 25.25 |
| 2016 | 25.37 |
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate) in nearby economies
- Angola — 23.37% (2025)
- Benin — 11.87% (2025)
- Botswana — 37.87% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 18.69% (2025)
- Burundi — 14.24% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 27.23% (2025)
- Cameroon
More social protection & labor data for Gabon
- Net migration — 1,116 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 166 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 15.41% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 20.16% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 17.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 43.39% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 62.24% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Gabon's share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)?
- 25.45% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 0.18 percentage points from 25.63% in 2005. The highest value was 26.27% in 2009 and the lowest 24.94% in 2019.
- How does Gabon rank?
- 25th highest of 182 economies with data for 2025.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.NEET.MA.ME.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 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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