Proportion of Māori youth who are not in employment, education or training in New Zealand
By gender, year ended December 2008–2025, % of people aged 15-24 (NEET rate)
| Year ended December | Sex | % of people aged 15-24 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Male | 14.3% |
| 2008 | Female | 28.0% |
| 2009 | Male | 18.9% |
| 2009 | Female | 29.5% |
| 2010 | Male | 19.9% |
| 2010 | Female | 28.2% |
| 2011 | Male | 19.5% |
| 2011 | Female | 26.8% |
| 2012 | Male | 18.0% |
| 2012 | Female | 27.9% |
| 2013 | Male | 18.0% |
| 2013 | Female | 27.8% |
| 2014 | Male | 14.5% |
| 2014 | Female | 25.4% |
| 2020 | Female | 21.9% |
| 2015 | Male | 15.8% |
| 2015 | Female | 25.9% |
| 2016 | Male | 16.0% |
| 2016 | Female | 24.3% |
| 2017 | Male | 13.8% |
| 2017 | Female | 23.6% |
| 2018 | Male | 16.4% |
| 2018 | Female | 20.8% |
| 2019 | Male | 16.7% |
| 2019 | Female | 20.6% |
| 2020 | Male | 17.0% |
| 2021 | Male | 17.9% |
| 2021 | Female | 21.5% |
| 2022 | Male | 18.4% |
| 2022 | Female | 19.6% |
| 2023 | Male | 17.3% |
| 2023 | Female | 20.2% |
| 2024 | Male | 18.1% |
| 2024 | Female | 20.9% |
| 2025 | Male | 19.1% |
| 2025 | Female | 21.8% |
Definitions
NEET (not in employment, education, or training): Young people who are unemployed (part of the labour force) and not engaged in education or training, and those not in the labour force and not engaged in education or training for many reasons.
NEET rate: The total number of youth who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET), as a proportion of the youth working-age population.
Data calculation/treatment
Due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 in the June and September 2020 quarters, several seasonally adjusted series were specially treated to maintain a consistent estimate of the seasonal pattern.
Changes to data collection/processing
This release incorporates revisions to historical household labour force survey data to account for the latest national population estimates. As such, figures published in this update may differ from those previously published.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Household Labour Force Survey: Youth Labour Force and Education Status by Total Resp Ethnic Group by Sex (Annual) December 2025
Webpage:
http://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Work income and spending > Household Labour Force Survey - HLF > Youth Labour Force and Education Status by Total Resp Ethnic Group by Sex (Annual-Dec)'. All variables were selected to crete this dataset.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Household Labour Force Survey: Youth Labour Force and Education Status by Total Resp Ethnic Group by Sex (Annual) December 2025
From the dataset Household Labour Force Survey: Youth Labour Force and Education Status by Total Resp Ethnic Group by Sex (Annual) December 2025 , this data was extracted:
- Rows: 5-22
- Columns: 2-121
- Provided: 2,160 data points
This data forms the table Labour Force - Youth labour force and education status by ethnic group and sex Year ended December 2008–2025.
Dataset originally released on:
February 04, 2026
Purpose of collection
The primary purpose of the survey is to estimate the number of people employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force (NILF), and from them, the unemployment rate for the New Zealand labour market. The Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) is designed to produce statistics at the family level, and use of the survey for a purpose for which it was not designed is inevitably subject to some limitations.