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Young people not in employment, education or training

34 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 11.0 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

4.2 %

Iceland

EU average

11.0 %

27 member states

Median country

10.6 %

half above, half below

Range

4.2 to 26.3

Iceland - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 34 countries, the highest value is in Türkiye (26.3 %) and the lowest in Iceland (4.2 %).

Half of the countries are above 10.6 % and half below.

The EU average is 11.0 %; 13 of 34 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 14.8 % in 2009 to 11.0 % in 2025.

Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET rates) - annual data
Percentage of total population · Total · From 15 to 29 years

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

NEET rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Iceland in chart	1	Iceland non-EU	4.2	−6.8
Netherlands in chart	2	Netherlands	5.3	−5.7
Sweden in chart	3	Sweden	5.9	−5.1
Norway in chart	4	Norway non-EU	6.9	−4.1
Slovenia in chart	5	Slovenia	7.6	−3.4
Portugal in chart	6	Portugal	8.0	−3.0
Czechia in chart	7	Czechia	8.0	−3.0
Ireland in chart	8	Ireland	8.1	−2.9
Malta in chart	9	Malta	8.5	−2.5
Luxembourg in chart	10	Luxembourg	8.7	−2.3
Switzerland in chart	11	Switzerland non-EU	8.7	−2.3
Denmark in chart	12	Denmark	8.9	−2.1
Poland in chart	13	Poland	9.2	−1.8
Germany in chart	14	Germany	9.5	−1.5
Belgium in chart	15	Belgium	9.8	−1.2
Austria in chart	16	Austria	10.3	−0.7
Cyprus in chart	17	Cyprus	10.6	−0.4
Hungary in chart	18	Hungary	10.6	−0.4
Croatia in chart	19	Croatia	10.8	−0.2
Finland in chart	20	Finland	11.0	0
Latvia in chart	21	Latvia	11.0	0
Slovakia in chart	22	Slovakia	11.1	+0.1
Estonia in chart	23	Estonia	11.2	+0.2
Spain in chart	24	Spain	11.5	+0.5
Lithuania in chart	25	Lithuania	12.4	+1.4
France in chart	26	France	12.9	+1.9
Italy in chart	27	Italy	13.3	+2.3
Greece in chart	28	Greece	13.5	+2.5
Bulgaria in chart	29	Bulgaria	13.8	+2.8
Serbia in chart	30	Serbia non-EU	15.1	+4.1
Romania in chart	31	Romania	19.2	+8.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	32	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	20.0	+9.0
North Macedonia in chart	33	North Macedonia non-EU	23.4	+12.4
Türkiye in chart	34	Türkiye non-EU	26.3	+15.3

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart, up to six at a time - a chart with more lines stops being readable. The ranking is for the latest period in which most countries have a value. EU and euro area aggregates do not take part in the ranking.