Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark was 8.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.9 pts from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

20258.9% Series break
Change on 2024+0.9 pts
Rank20th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high10.22020
Series low4.72006

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark, 2000 to 2025

468101220002004200820122016202020252000: 6.1 %2001: 6.7 %2002: 6.6 %2003: 6.8 %2004: 6.4 %2005: 5.9 %2006: 4.7 %2007: 5.3 %2008: 5.8 %2009: 7.4 %2010: 8.2 %2011: 8.4 %2012: 9 %2013: 8.2 %2014: 8 %2015: 8.5 %2016: 8.4 %2017: 9.8 %2018: 9.6 %2019: 9.6 %2020: 10.2 %2021: 8.4 %2022: 7.9 %2023: 8.6 %2024: 8 %2025: 8.9 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-10.
All 26 values
Period%
20258.9 Series break
20248
20238.6 Series break
20227.9
20218.4 Series break
202010.2
20199.6
20189.6
20179.8 Series break
20168.4 Series break
20158.5
20148
20138.2
20129
20118.4
20108.2
20097.4
20085.8 Series break
20075.3 Series break
20064.7
20055.9
20046.4
20036.8 Series break
20026.6
20016.7
20006.1

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Denmark8.9
European Union (27)11

Rankings

Definition

People aged 15 to 29 who are not employed and received no formal or non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the survey, as a percentage of all people aged 15 to 29 (EU Labour Force Survey).

Counts both unemployed young people and those outside the labour force. The denominator is the whole age group, so it is not the youth unemployment rate. The EU target is below 9% by 2030.

How to cite

Eurostat. Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_20/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"neet_rate_15_29","place":"dk"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=neet_rate_15_29&place=dk

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark?

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark was 8.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.9 pts from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Denmark?

10.2% in 2020, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 elsewhere in European Union (27)

Related statistics for Denmark

All statistics for Denmark