NEET rate in Köln
In Köln, 10.2% of people aged 18 to 24 were not in employment, education or training in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2014. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Köln, 2025
10.2%
Change from 2024
+1.5percentage points
Germany, 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
159th of 249
NEET rate in Köln over time
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% of people aged 18 to 24. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Köln | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.2% | 10.1% |
| 2024 | 8.7%b (break in time series) | 9.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2023 | 8.3% | 9.4% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 8.4%b (break in time series) | 9.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 8.5%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 8.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 7.3% | 7.7% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | 8.1% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | 8.6% |
| 2016 | 8.0% | 9.2% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | 8.7% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | 8.9% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | 8.7% |
| 2012 | 9.7%b (break in time series) | 9.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 11.4%b (break in time series) | 10.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 12.0%b (break in time series) | 11.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 12.3% | 12.1% |
| 2008 | 12.1%b (break in time series) | 11.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 12.9% | 12.6% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | 13.8% |
| 2005 | 14.8%b (break in time series) | 15.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 12.1% | 14.6% |
| 2003 | 15.2%b (break in time series) | 13.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2002 | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 2001 | 11.6% | 10.8% |
Flags: b break in time series; bu break in time series, low reliability . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 8.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.0%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 249 regions with data for 2025, Köln has the 159th highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 10.1%.