NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 in Cyprus

Name: NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 in Cyprus
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10.6% of people aged 15 to 29 in Cyprus were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) % of population aged 15 to 29 Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Cyprus, 2025 10.6% % of population aged 15 to 29

Change from 2024 −2.1percentage points 2024: 12.7%

European Union, 2025 11.0% Official aggregate

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 10.6% Middle value of 27 countries

Position in 2025 17th of 34 See the full ranking

NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 in Cyprus over time

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% of population aged 15 to 29. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) (% of population aged 15 to 29), 2009 to 2025
Period	Cyprus	European Union
2025	10.6%	11.0%
2024	12.7%	11.1%
2023	13.7%	11.3%
2022	14.4%	11.8%
2021	15.0%	13.1%
2020	15.2%	14.0%
2019	14.7%	12.8%
2018	14.9%	13.3%
2017	17.6%	14.0%
2016	18.0%	14.8%
2015	18.5%	15.5%
2014	19.5%	15.9%
2013	20.4%	16.3%
2012	17.3%	15.9%
2011	14.8%	15.4%
2010	12.9%	15.4%
2009	11.5%	14.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of −2.1 percentage points from 12.7% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 18.5%, the figure has changed by −7.9 percentage points.
Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Cyprus has the 17th highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 11.0%.