One in five young people in the Maldives are not in education, employment or training (NEET), figures released by the Maldives Bureau of Statistics have shown.
According to statistics published on the occasion of World Population Day, one in five youth are not employed or engaged in education. Persons aged 15 to 24 years were considered youth for the statistics. This was a total of 10,416 youth.
Most of the youth not in education or employment were women. This was 5,672 women. The rest were 4,744 men.
Moreover, the statistics showed that 34 percent of youth were students who had not reached working age. Some 34.2 percent of youth were employed and not studying and 11.1 percent were studying while working.
The statistics showed that 14.5 percent of the youth population were children below the working age who were not enrolled in school. Five percent of youth were not engaged in education or employment despite reaching working age.
The statistics released by the bureau were based on information from the 2022 census.
