EU regions (NUTS 2) by young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29
Sicilia had the highest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 of 240 regions in 2019, at 38%. Zeeland had the lowest, at 4.2%. The median was 11.2% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 12.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2019 (%) | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilia | 38 | -0.4 pts |
| 2 | Guyane | 37 | -1.2 pts |
| 3 | Calabria | 35 | -1.1 pts |
| 4 | Campania | 34.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 5 | La Réunion | 29.9 | -2.4 pts |
| 6 | Severozapaden Series break | 29.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 7 | Puglia | 29.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 28.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 9 | Sardegna | 27.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 10 | Melilla Low reliability | 27.5 | +3.6 pts |
| 11 | Dytiki Makedonia | 26.6 | -2.5 pts |
| 12 | Martinique | 26.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 12 | Sterea Elláda | 26.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 14 | Basilicata | 25.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 15 | Voreio Aigaio | 25.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 16 | Centru | 24.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 17 | Molise | 24.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 18 | Yugoiztochen Series break | 23.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 19 | Ceuta Low reliability | 22.8 | -2 pts |
| 20 | Abruzzo | 22.7 | +2.2 pts |
| 21 | Ipeiros | 22.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 22 | Sud-Est | 22.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 23 | Ionia Nisia | 21.8 | -2.3 pts |
| 24 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 20.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 24 | Lazio | 20.5 | -1.8 pts |
| 24 | Sud-Muntenia | 20.5 | +1.3 pts |
| 24 | Východné Slovensko | 20.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 28 | Extremadura | 20 | -0.9 pts |
| 29 | Canary Islands | 19.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 30 | Severoiztochen Series break | 19.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 31 | Notio Aigaio | 19.6 | -2.7 pts |
| 32 | Észak-Magyarország | 19.4 | +2 pts |
| 32 | Peloponnisos | 19.4 | -3.9 pts |
| 32 | Yuzhen tsentralen Series break | 19.4 | -3.6 pts |
| 35 | Panonska Hrvatska | 19.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 36 | Andalusia | 19 | -1.1 pts |
| 37 | Észak-Alföld | 18.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 38 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 18.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 39 | Dél-Dunántúl | 18.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 40 | Dytiki Elláda | 17.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 41 | Liguria | 17.7 | -2.1 pts |
| 41 | Vest | 17.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 43 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 17.4 | -2.4 pts |
| 43 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break | 17.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 45 | Prov. Hainaut | 17.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 46 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 17.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 46 | Thessalia | 17.2 | -5.2 pts |
| 48 | Asturias | 17.1 | +1.6 pts |
| 49 | Kriti | 17 | +0.3 pts |
| 50 | Severen tsentralen Series break | 16.8 | -3 pts |
| 51 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 16.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 52 | Kentriki Makedonia | 16.5 | -1.6 pts |
| 52 | Piemonte | 16.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 54 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 16.3 | -2.2 pts |
| 55 | Zachodniopomorskie Series break | 15.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 56 | Champagne-Ardenne | 15.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 57 | Świętokrzyskie Series break | 15.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 57 | Toscana | 15.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 59 | Balearic Islands | 15.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 60 | Region of Murcia | 15.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 61 | Marche | 15.3 | -1.3 pts |
| 61 | Severozápad | 15.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 63 | Castilla-La Mancha | 15.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 63 | Catalonia | 15.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 65 | Attiki | 15 | -2 pts |
| 65 | Umbria | 15 | -3.9 pts |
| 67 | Prov. Liège | 14.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Valencian Community | 14.8 | -1.3 pts |
| 69 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 14.7 | -3.4 pts |
| 69 | Kýpros | 14.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 69 | Lombardia | 14.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 69 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 14.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 73 | Basse-Normandie | 14.4 | +2.9 pts |
| 73 | Lubuskie Series break | 14.4 | -1.8 pts |
| 73 | Podkarpackie Series break | 14.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 76 | Haute-Normandie | 14.2 | -4.3 pts |
| 77 | Emilia-Romagna | 14.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 78 | Northern and Western | 13.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 78 | Prov. Namur | 13.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 78 | Stredné Slovensko | 13.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 81 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 13.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 81 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break | 13.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 81 | Lubelskie Series break | 13.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 84 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 13.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 85 | Alentejo | 13.4 | |
| 85 | Franche-Comté | 13.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 87 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 13.3 | +2.4 pts |
| 88 | Nord-Vest | 13.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 89 | Cantabria | 13.1 | +1.8 pts |
| 90 | Alsace | 13 | -0.2 pts |
| 90 | Mazowiecki regionalny Series break | 13 | -0.9 pts |
| 92 | Moravskoslezsko | 12.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 93 | Dél-Alföld | 12.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 94 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 12.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 95 | Aquitaine | 12.4 | 0 pts |
| 95 | Bremen | 12.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 95 | Opolskie Series break | 12.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 95 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 12.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 95 | Southern | 12.4 | 0 pts |
| 95 | Veneto | 12.4 | -2.4 pts |
| 101 | Galicia | 12.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 102 | Picardie | 12.2 | -4.1 pts |
| 103 | Castile and León | 12 | -0.5 pts |
| 103 | Midi-Pyrénées | 12 | +2 pts |
| 105 | Limousin | 11.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 106 | Centre - Val de Loire | 11.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 107 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 11.7 | +1.9 pts |
| 107 | Poitou-Charentes | 11.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 107 | Střední Morava | 11.7 | +2.1 pts |
| 110 | Aragon | 11.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 110 | Bourgogne | 11.6 | 0 pts |
| 110 | Ile-de-France | 11.6 | -1 pts |
| 110 | Lorraine | 11.6 | -2.9 pts |
| 114 | Algarve | 11.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 114 | La Rioja | 11.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 114 | Podlaskie Series break | 11.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 114 | Syddanmark | 11.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 114 | Wien | 11.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 119 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 11.4 | 0 pts |
| 120 | Rhône-Alpes | 11.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 121 | Západné Slovensko | 11.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 122 | Dolnośląskie Series break | 11 | -1.6 pts |
| 123 | Pays de la Loire | 10.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 124 | Grad Zagreb | 10.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 124 | Länsi-Suomi | 10.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 124 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 10.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 127 | Łódzkie Series break | 10.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 127 | Nordjylland | 10.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 127 | Pomorskie Series break | 10.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 127 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 10.7 | +1.6 pts |
| 131 | Community of Madrid | 10.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 131 | Eesti | 10.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 133 | Düsseldorf | 10.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 133 | Közép-Dunántúl | 10.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 133 | Sjælland | 10.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 136 | Península de Setúbal | 10.4 | |
| 137 | Latvija | 10.3 | -1.3 pts |
| 138 | Hannover | 10.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 139 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 10.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 140 | Eastern and Midland | 10 | -0.7 pts |
| 140 | Nord-Est | 10 | -1.4 pts |
| 140 | Pest | 10 | +0.5 pts |
| 143 | Norra Mellansverige | 9.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 144 | Małopolskie Series break | 9.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 144 | Prov. Antwerpen | 9.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 144 | Wielkopolskie Series break | 9.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 147 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 9.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 147 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 9.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 147 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 9.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 150 | Etelä-Suomi | 9.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 150 | Śląskie Series break | 9.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 152 | Severovýchod | 9.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 153 | Arnsberg | 9.2 | 0 pts |
| 153 | Auvergne | 9.2 | -2 pts |
| 153 | Berlin | 9.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 153 | Bretagne | 9.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 153 | Jihozápad | 9.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 158 | Midtjylland | 9.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 158 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 9.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 160 | Kärnten | 9 | +1 pts |
| 160 | Navarre | 9 | -1.6 pts |
| 160 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 9 | 0 pts |
| 163 | Hamburg | 8.9 | +1 pts |
| 164 | Basque Country | 8.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 164 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 8.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 164 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 8.8 | 0 pts |
| 167 | Norte | 8.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 168 | Grande Lisboa | 8.5 | |
| 168 | Malta | 8.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 168 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 8.5 | -1.5 pts |
| 168 | Saarland | 8.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 172 | Kassel | 8.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 172 | Koblenz | 8.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 172 | Weser-Ems | 8.4 | 0 pts |
| 175 | Niederösterreich | 8.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 176 | Lüneburg | 8.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 177 | Hovedstaden | 8.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 177 | Münster | 8.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 177 | Střední Čechy | 8.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 180 | Brandenburg | 8 | -1.4 pts |
| 181 | Braunschweig | 7.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 181 | Vorarlberg Low reliability | 7.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 183 | Chemnitz | 7.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 183 | Schleswig-Holstein | 7.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 185 | Jihovýchod | 7.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 185 | Köln | 7.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 187 | Centro (PT) | 7.6 | |
| 187 | Detmold | 7.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 187 | Limburg (NL) | 7.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 187 | Mellersta Norrland Low reliability | 7.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 191 | Darmstadt | 7.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 191 | Zahodna Slovenija | 7.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 193 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 7.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 193 | Steiermark | 7.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 195 | Budapest | 7.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 195 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 7.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 195 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 7.2 | |
| 198 | Gießen | 7.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 199 | Leipzig | 7 | -0.2 pts |
| 199 | Stuttgart | 7 | +0.7 pts |
| 199 | Yugozapaden Series break | 7 | -1.1 pts |
| 202 | Tirol | 6.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 202 | Trier | 6.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 204 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 6.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 204 | Thüringen | 6.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 206 | Övre Norrland | 6.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 206 | Salzburg | 6.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 208 | Karlsruhe | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 208 | Luxembourg | 6.5 | -1 pts |
| 208 | Zuid-Holland | 6.5 | |
| 211 | Freiburg | 6.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 211 | Friesland (NL) | 6.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 211 | Sydsverige | 6.4 | -2 pts |
| 214 | Flevoland | 6.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 214 | Småland med öarna | 6.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 216 | Bratislavský kraj | 6.2 | -2.1 pts |
| 217 | Dresden | 5.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 217 | Oberösterreich | 5.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 217 | Östra Mellansverige | 5.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 217 | Västsverige | 5.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 221 | Oberpfalz | 5.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 221 | Warszawski stołeczny Series break | 5.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 223 | Drenthe | 5.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 224 | Praha | 5.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 225 | Mittelfranken | 5.4 | -1.9 pts |
| 225 | Noord-Brabant | 5.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 225 | Noord-Holland | 5.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 225 | Oberfranken | 5.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 225 | Tübingen | 5.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 230 | Overijssel | 5.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 230 | Stockholm | 5.3 | -1 pts |
| 232 | Schwaben | 5.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 232 | Unterfranken | 5.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 234 | Groningen | 5.1 | 0 pts |
| 235 | Gelderland | 5 | +0.3 pts |
| 235 | Sostinės regionas | 5 | -0.2 pts |
| 237 | Niederbayern | 4.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 237 | Oberbayern | 4.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 239 | Utrecht | 4.5 | |
| 240 | Zeeland Low reliability | 4.2 | -0.3 pts |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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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.Citation styles
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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) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table
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Which region has the highest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29?
Sicilia, with 38% in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29?
Zeeland, with 4.2% in 2019.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-12. 3 regions have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.
Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29: other rankings
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