Young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET)
People aged 15 to 29 who are not employed and not in any formal or non-formal education or training, as a share of all people of that age.
34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.0% | 9.5% | 12.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 11.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2024 | 11.1% | 8.9% | 12.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 12.0%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2023 | 11.3% | 8.8% | 12.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 12.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2022 | 11.8% | 8.6% | 12.2%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 12.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2021 | 13.1% | 9.3% | 13.2%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 14.2%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2020 | 14.0% | 10.1%b (break in time series) | 13.7% | 17.3% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | 8.4% | 12.6% | 14.9% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | 8.7% | 13.1% | 15.3% |
| 2017 | 14.0% | 9.3% | 13.4% | 16.4% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | 9.8% | 13.8% | 18.1% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | 9.3% | 14.1% | 19.4% |
| 2014 | 15.9% | 9.5% | 13.6% | 20.7% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | 9.6% | 13.2% | 22.5% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | 10.2% | 12.6% | 22.2% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | 10.7%b (break in time series) | 12.2% | 20.6% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | 11.9%b (break in time series) | 12.3% | 20.0% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | 12.5% | 12.2% | 19.9% |
| 2008 | – | – | 10.6% | – |
| 2007 | – | – | 10.7% | – |
| 2006 | – | – | 11.1% | – |
| 2005 | – | – | 11.0% | – |
| 2004 | – | – | 11.0% | – |
| 2003 | – | – | 10.7% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Türkiye (26.3%) and the lowest Iceland (4.2%).
- Half of the countries are above 10.6% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 17 countries and fell in 16.
- The figure for the European Union was 11.0% in 2025, against 14.0% in 2020 (−3.0 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Türkiye 26.3%
- 2 North Macedonia 23.4%
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.0%
- 4 Romania 19.2%
- 5 Serbia 15.1%
- 6 Bulgaria 13.8%
- 7 Greece 13.5%
- 8 Italy 13.3%
- 9 France 12.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 10 Lithuania 12.4%
- 11 Spain 11.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 12 Estonia 11.2%
- 13 Slovakia 11.1%
- 14 Finland 11.0%
- 15 Latvia 11.0%
- 16 Croatia 10.8%
- 17 Cyprus 10.6%
- 18 Hungary 10.6%
- 19 Austria 10.3%
- 20 Belgium 9.8%
- 21 Germany 9.5%
- 22 Poland 9.2%
- 23 Denmark 8.9%
- 24 Luxembourg 8.8%
- 25 Switzerland 8.7%
- 26 Malta 8.5%
- 27 Ireland 8.1%
- 28 Czechia 8.0%
- 29 Portugal 8.0%
- 30 Slovenia 7.6%
- 31 Norway 6.9%
- 32 Sweden 5.9%
- 33 Netherlands 5.3%
- 34 Iceland 4.2%
- European Union 11.0%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.