Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15-24 in Europe

38 countries in Europe, 2025. Unit: % of youth. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3.6 %
Median country
9.7 %
half above, half below
World
20.0 %
ILO aggregate
Range
3.6 to 23.4
Netherlands - Albania

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Across 38 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Albania (23.4 %) and the lowest in Netherlands (3.6 %).

The median country is at 9.7 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: ILO, ILO modelled estimates (ILOSTAT) · licence

Youth NEET rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Netherlands3.6
2Iceland4.0
3Czechia4.7
4Sweden5.6
5Ireland5.8
6Norway6.0
7Belarus6.2
8Denmark6.9
9Slovenia7.1
10Belgium7.4
11Germany7.5
12Malta7.7
13Switzerland7.8
14Portugal7.8
15Croatia8.1
16Finland8.2
17Slovakia8.8
18Latvia9.0
19Luxembourg9.4
20Hungary10.0
21Spain10.2
22Estonia10.3
23Greece10.4
24Poland10.5
25Bulgaria10.6
26Moldova11.6
27Russia11.8
28Italy12.1
29France12.6
30Serbia12.7
31Austria13.1
32United Kingdom14.3
33Lithuania14.8
34Bosnia and Herzegovina16.2
35Romania17.1
36Montenegro17.6
37North Macedonia18.5
38Albania23.4
ILO · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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