Ghana's share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) was 15.95% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 8.07 percentage points from 24.02% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 15.95% | 2025 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.02% | 2015 |
| Highest | 27.48% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 10.89% | 2013 |
| Average since 2017 | 20.26% | 2017–2025 |
| First recorded | 17.55% | 1991 |
Since 1991 it is down 1.6 percentage points from 17.55% in 1991. The World Bank has no value for 23 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
How it compares
In 2025, Ghana had the 9th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 15.95% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 11.42% | 2024 |
Closest to Ghana in the 2025 ranking
- Brunei Darussalam — 6th of 68: 17.38%
- Costa Rica — 7th of 68: 16.52%
- Türkiye — 8th of 68: 16.3%
- Honduras — 10th of 68: 15.84%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 11th of 68: 15.56%
- Austria — 12th of 68: 15.29%
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 12 values
| Year | Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.95 |
| 2024 | 21.5 |
| 2023 | 19.71 |
| 2022 | 25.24 |
| 2021 | 18.36 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 20.76 |
| 2016 | no data |
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Ghana
- Net migration — -17,079 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 21,050 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 16,030 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 28.78% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 33.06% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 30.93% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 57.37% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Ghana's share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population)?
- 15.95% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is down 1.6 percentage points from 17.55% in 1991. The highest value was 27.48% in 2000 and the lowest 10.89% in 2013.
- How does Ghana rank?
- 9th 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.MA.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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