NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 by country, 2025
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 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Türkiye (26.3%). Lowest: Iceland (4.2%). The median is 10.6%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 34. Iceland 4.2%
- 33. Netherlands 5.3%
- 32. Sweden 5.9%
- 31. Norway 6.9%
- 30. Slovenia 7.6%
- 29. Portugal 8.0%
- 28. Czechia 8.0%
- 27. Ireland 8.1%
- 26. Malta 8.5%
- 25. Switzerland 8.7%
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Source: Eurostat.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 23.4% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Romania | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Serbia | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Greece | 13.5% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Italy | 13.3% | 2025 | |
| 9 | France | 12.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 10 | Lithuania | 12.4% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Spain | 11.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 12 | Estonia | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Slovakia | 11.1% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Finland | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Latvia | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Croatia | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Cyprus | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Hungary | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Austria | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Belgium | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Germany | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Poland | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Denmark | 8.9% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Switzerland | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Malta | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Ireland | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Czechia | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Portugal | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Slovenia | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Norway | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Sweden | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Netherlands | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Iceland | 4.2% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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