In 2025, 11.0% of EU young people aged 15 to 29 were not in employment or education or training (NEET) according to Eurostat, down from 11.1% in 2024 and 15.2% in 2015. The figure brings the bloc closer to its target of reducing NEET rates to 9% by 2030. The share varied by age: 5.3% for 15‑19, 12.8% for 20‑24 and 14.7% for 25‑29. Lowest rates were in the Netherlands (5.3%), Sweden (5.9%) and Slovenia (7.6%). The highest were in Romania (19.2%), Bulgaria (13.8%) and Greece (13.6%). Between 2015 and 2025, NEET rates fell in 22 of 27 EU countries, with the largest declines in Italy (12.4 percentage points), Greece (10.5 pp) and Croatia (9.0 pp).
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