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

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in France was 12.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.2 pts from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202512.9%

Change on 2024+0.2 pts

Rank5th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high15.12012

Series low122022

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

%. 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	%
2025	12.9
2024	12.7 Series break
2023	12.3
2022	12
2021	12.8 Series break
2020	14
2019	13
2018	13.6
2017	13.8
2016	14.3
2015	14.7
2014	14.1 Series break
2013	13.8 Series break
2012	15.1
2011	14.7
2010	14.8
2009	14.7
2008	12.6
2007	12.8
2006	13.2
2005	13.2
2004	13.1
2003	12.8 Series break
2002	13.2
2001	12.9
2000	13.4

Compared with European Union (27)

Place	2025
France	12.9
European Union (27)	11

France compared with nearby places

Under 8.2
8.2 to 9.6
9.6 to 11
11 to 12
12 and over

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, 2025, %. France is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

EU countries by young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 27 places

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.

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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.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20) (Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, France, 2000 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_20/default/table

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Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20), Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, France, 2000 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_20/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/neet-rate-15-29/france. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20). Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, France, 2000 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_20/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/neet-rate-15-29/france.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), not employed, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_20), Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, France, 2000 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_20/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/neet-rate-15-29/france (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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15.1% in 2012, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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