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Female youth not in education, employment, or training in Somalia
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Female youth not in education, employment, or training in Somalia

Published by Xogsawir, a Jaantus project. 15 October 2025.

Half of Somali women aged 15 to 24 are neither in school, in work, nor in training. Among women aged 15 to 19 the rate is 40 percent, rising to 64 percent for women aged 20 to 24. Comparable figures for men are 34 percent and 45 percent. The gap widens with age, suggesting that early school-leaving is followed for women by a labour market that does not absorb them. Survey design captures formal training and education but understates unpaid household work, which is concentrated among the same cohort. The data underline the unfinished work of converting school enrolment into adult employment.

Sources

  1. Somalia National Bureau of Statistics Somali Labour Force Survey. Accessed 14 October 2025.

Notes

Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEET) rates follow the standard ILO definition applied to the 2019 Somali Labour Force Survey. Unpaid household work is excluded from the working population by design, which understates time-use among women.

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