Youth NEET rate in Africa 2012-2021, by gender
NEET rate in Africa was projected at 20.8 percent, keeping an upward trend observed since 2012.
One in four young females in Africa was not in education, employment or training in 2021, according to the source's projections. The NEET rate was widely higher among women than men. As of the same year, around 16 percent of young African males were jobless, outside the educational system, and not in training. Overall, the