NEET rate in Pest

In Pest, 11.5% of people aged 18 to 24 were not in employment, education or training in 2025.

Pest, 2025 11.5% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 +3.2percentage points 2024: 8.3%
Hungary, 2025 12.6% Country total
Position in 2025 139th of 249 See the full ranking

NEET rate in Pest 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.

Young people not in employment, education or training, ages 18 to 24, by region (% of people aged 18 to 24), 2001 to 2025
Period PestHungary
2025 11.5% 12.6%
2024 8.3% 12.8%
2023 10.4% 12.8%
2022 9.0% 13.3%
2021 8.7%b (break in time series) 14.2%b (break in time series)
2020 14.0% 15.7%
2019 9.8% 14.2%
2018 7.3%b (break in time series) 13.7%b (break in time series)
2017 9.0% 14.1%
2016 7.9% 14.2%
2015 12.1% 14.8%
2014 15.8% 17.4%
2013 19.2% 20.1%
2012 – 19.7%
2011 – 17.8%
2010 – 16.7%
2009 – 18.0%
2008 – 15.2%
2007 – 15.2%
2006 – 16.4%b (break in time series)
2005 – 16.9%
2004 – 16.4%
2003 – 16.1%b (break in time series)
2002 – 17.5%
2001 – 18.1%b (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.2 percentage points from 8.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 12.1%, the figure has changed by −0.6 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, Pest has the 139th highest value.
  • The figure for Hungary in 2025 was 12.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
edat_lfse_22 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y18-24 training=NO_FE_NO_NFE wstatus=NEMP unit=PC
Observation period
2013 to 2025 for Pest
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat