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Turkey had the OECD’s highest share of young people outside work and education in 2025
In 2025, 27.12% of people ages 15 to 29 in Turkey were not working or in education or training, the highest share among OECD member countries.
The OECD average was 12.9%.
For ages 15 to 24, Turkey ranked second, behind Colombia.
Turkish statistics show that 23.3% of people in this younger age group were neither employed nor in education in 2025, up from 22.9% the year before.
The share was 30.9% among young women and 16.3% among young men.
Youth unemployment fell from 16.3% to 15.3%, but unemployment counts only people without work who are seeking and available for a job.
The broader measure also includes young people outside the labor force who are not studying or training, so the figures show why unemployment alone does not capture how many young people are disconnected from work and education.
Turkey had the OECD’s highest share of people ages 15 to 29 who were neither employed nor in education or training in 2025, at 27.12 percent.
That was more than twice the OECD average of 12.9 percent.
Among people ages 15 to 24, Turkey ranked second, with a rate of 23.63 percent, behind Colombia.
TurkStat reported that 23.3 percent of people ages 15 to 24 in Turkey were neither in education nor employment in 2025, up from 22.9 percent in 2024.
The rate for young women in that age group was 30.9 percent, compared with 16.3 percent for young men.
- Who
- Young people in Turkey, particularly those ages 15 to 29.
- What
- Turkey recorded the OECD’s highest share of young people outside employment, education or training in 2025.
- When
- 2025.
- Where
- Turkey and OECD member countries.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Turkey’s NEET rate for people ages 15 to 29 was 31.3 percent, according to the OECD report cited.
Turkey’s NEET rate for people ages 15 to 29 was 28.4 percent, compared with the OECD average of 12.6 percent.
TurkStat reported that 22.9 percent of people ages 15 to 24 in Turkey were neither in education nor employment.
Turkey’s NEET rate was 27.12 percent for ages 15 to 29; TurkStat reported a 23.3 percent rate for ages 15 to 24.
- Turkey, ages 15–29, 2025
- 27.12 percent NEET
- OECD average, ages 15–29, 2025
- 12.9 percent NEET
- Turkey rank, ages 15–24, 2025
- Second, at 23.63 percent
- Colombia, ages 15–24, 2025
- First, at 25.57 percent
- Turkey, young women ages 15–24, 2025
- 30.9 percent neither in education nor employment
- Turkey, young men ages 15–24, 2025
- 16.3 percent neither in education nor employment
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