- Name
- Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education
- Indicator purpose
- The purpose of this indicator is for it to serve as a broader measure of potential youth labour market entrants than youth unemployment.
- Abstract
- This indicator conveys the proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training (also known as "the youth NEET rate"). The share of youth not in employment, education or training (youth NEET rate) provides a measure of youth who are outside the educational system, not in training and not in employment. It includes discouraged worker youth as well as those who are outside the labour force due to disability and engagement in household chores, among other reasons.
- Contact organization / person
- Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB)
- Unit of measure
- Percentage (%)
- Other characteristics
- NEET is also a better measure of the current universe of potential youth labour market entrants as compared with the youth inactivity rate, as the latter includes those youth who are outside the labour force and are in education, and thus are furthering their skills and qualifications.
- Classification used
- Youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), Education is defined as organized and sustained communication designed to bring about learning.
Formal Education is defined in ISCED as education that is institutionalized, intentional, and planned through public organizations and recognized private bodies and, in their totality, make up the formal education system of a country.
Non-formal education, like formal education is defined in ISCED as education that is institutionalized, intentional and planned by an education provider but is considered an addition, alternative and/or a complement to formal education.
Informal learning is defined in ISCED as forms of learning that are intentional or deliberate, but not institutionalized.
- Disaggregation
- No disaggregation specifically required for this indicator, although having it disaggregated by sex is desirable, as is disaggregation by detailed age groups within the youth age band.
- Key statistical concepts
- This indicator is calculated using the following formula:
- Recommended uses
- This indicator can be used to measure the proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training (also known as "the youth NEET rate").
- Other comments
- In terms of the analysis of the indicator, to avoid misinterpreting it, it is important to bear in mind that it is composed of two different sub-groups (unemployed youth not in education or training and youth outside the labour force not in education or training). The prevalence and composition of each subgroup would have policy implications, and thus, should also be considered when analysing the NEET rate.
All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.
- Target 2020
- 6. By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
