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

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Yuzhen tsentralen was 16.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.6 pts from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 6 regions in 2025.

202516.4%
Change on 2024+2.6 pts
Rank4th of 6Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) ranked
Series high34.72003
Series low13.82024
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Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Yuzhen tsentralen, 2003 to 2025

1015202530352003200720112015201920252003: 34.7 %2004: 32.4 %2005: 32.6 %2006: 27.8 %2007: 22.6 %2008: 20 %2009: 24.4 %2010: 27.8 %2011: 29.4 %2012: 28.4 %2013: 28.5 %2014: 25.5 %2015: 23.7 %2016: 25.4 %2017: 21.7 %2018: 23 %2019: 19.4 %2020: 22.2 %2021: 19.8 %2022: 15.8 %2023: 14 %2024: 13.8 %2025: 16.4 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-10.
All 23 values
Period%
202516.4
202413.8 Series break
202314
202215.8
202119.8 Series break
202022.2
201919.4 Series break
201823
201721.7
201625.4
201523.7
201425.5
201328.5
201228.4
201129.4 Series break
201027.8 Series break
200924.4
200820 Series break
200722.6
200627.8 Series break
200532.6
200432.4
200334.7 Series break

Compared with Bulgaria and European Union (27)

Place2025
Yuzhen tsentralen16.4
Bulgaria13.8
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) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/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) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22) (Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, Yuzhen tsentralen, 2003 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table

MLA 9

Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22), Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, Yuzhen tsentralen, 2003 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/neet-rate-15-29/yuzhen-tsentralen-bg42. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22). Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, Yuzhen tsentralen, 2003 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/neet-rate-15-29/yuzhen-tsentralen-bg42.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22), Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, Yuzhen tsentralen, 2003 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/neet-rate-15-29/yuzhen-tsentralen-bg42 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 in Yuzhen tsentralen was 16.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.6 pts from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 6 regions in 2025.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 29 years (edat_lfse_22). 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 Yuzhen tsentralen?

34.7% in 2003, the highest value since 2003 in this series.

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

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