# EU countries by young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `neet_rate_15_29`
- Unit: %
- 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).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/neet-rate-15-29/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 19.2 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 13.8 |
| 3 | Greece | 13.6 |
| 4 | Italy | 13.3 |
| 5 | France | 12.9 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 12.4 |
| 7 | Spain | 11.5 |
| 8 | Estonia | 11.2 |
| 8 | Finland | 11.2 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 11.1 |
| 11 | Latvia | 11 |
| 12 | Croatia | 10.8 |
| 13 | Cyprus | 10.6 |
| 13 | Hungary | 10.6 |
| 15 | Austria | 10.3 |
| 16 | Belgium | 9.8 |
| 17 | Germany | 9.5 |
| 18 | Poland | 9.2 |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 9 |
| 20 | Denmark | 8.9 |
| 21 | Malta | 8.5 |
| 22 | Ireland | 8.1 |
| 23 | Czechia | 8 |
| 23 | Portugal | 8 |
| 25 | Slovenia | 7.6 |
| 26 | Sweden | 5.9 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 5.3 |