EU regions (NUTS 2) by young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29

Guyane had the highest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29 of 223 regions in 2020, at 40.2%. Zeeland had the lowest, at 3.9%. The median was 13% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 13.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest40.2Guyane

Lowest3.9Zeeland

Median13223 regions

European Union (27)13.8History

Top 40 regions, 2020

%. 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.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Guyane	40.2	+3.2 pts
2	Sicilia	38.3	+0.3 pts
3	Campania	35.2	+1 pts
4	Calabria	34.3	-0.7 pts
5	Severozapaden	33	+3.2 pts
6	Puglia	30.4	+0.9 pts
7	La Réunion	30.2	+0.3 pts
8	Notio Aigaio	29.8	+10.2 pts
8	Sterea Elláda	29.8	+3.4 pts
10	Molise	28.1	+3.6 pts
11	Voreio Aigaio	27.4	+1.7 pts
12	Melilla Low reliability	27.3	-0.2 pts
13	Guadeloupe	27.1	-1.1 pts
14	Ceuta Low reliability	26.8	+4 pts
15	Basilicata	26.7	+0.8 pts
16	Sardegna	26	-1.7 pts
17	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	25.5	+5 pts
18	Centru	25.4	+0.5 pts
19	Corse Low reliability	25.2	n/a
20	Ionia Nisia	24.8	+3 pts
21	Yugoiztochen	24.5	+0.9 pts
22	Martinique	23.4	-3 pts
23	Canary Islands	23.2	+3.3 pts
24	Ipeiros	22.8	+0.3 pts
25	Dytiki Makedonia	22.7	-3.9 pts
25	Sud-Est	22.7	+0.5 pts
27	Lazio	22.3	+1.8 pts
28	Yuzhen tsentralen	22.2	+2.8 pts
29	Andalusia	21.9	+2.9 pts
30	Panonska Hrvatska	21.8	+2.7 pts
31	Balearic Islands	21.4	+5.8 pts
32	Champagne-Ardenne	21.3	+5.5 pts
33	Dytiki Elláda	20.7	+2.9 pts
34	Abruzzo	20.6	-2.1 pts
35	Észak-Alföld	20.5	+1.6 pts
36	Észak-Magyarország	20.4	+1 pts
36	Extremadura	20.4	+0.4 pts
38	Východné Slovensko	20.3	-0.2 pts
39	Sud-Muntenia	20.1	-0.4 pts
40	Liguria	20	+2.3 pts
41	Piemonte	19.7	+3.2 pts
42	Peloponnisos	19.5	+0.1 pts
43	Umbria	18.7	+3.7 pts
44	Dél-Dunántúl	18.6	+0.3 pts
45	Catalonia	18.2	+3.1 pts
45	Thessalia	18.2	+1 pts
47	Castilla-La Mancha	18	+2.9 pts
47	Vest	18	+0.3 pts
49	Lubelskie	17.9	+4.2 pts
49	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	17.9	-0.8 pts
49	Severen tsentralen	17.9	+1.1 pts
52	Kriti	17.8	+0.8 pts
53	Algarve	17.7	+6.2 pts
53	Severoiztochen	17.7	-2.1 pts
55	Marche	17.6	+2.3 pts
55	Nord-Pas de Calais	17.6	+0.4 pts
57	Lombardia	17.5	+2.8 pts
58	Região Autónoma dos Açores	17.3	+0.6 pts
58	Toscana	17.3	+1.6 pts
60	Prov. Hainaut	17.2	-0.1 pts
61	Picardie	17.1	+4.9 pts
62	Sud-Vest Oltenia	16.9	-0.5 pts
62	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	16.9	+2.2 pts
64	Asturias	16.8	-0.3 pts
64	Northern and Western	16.8	+3 pts
64	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	16.8	+3.2 pts
64	Severozápad	16.8	+1.5 pts
68	Kentriki Makedonia	16.6	+0.1 pts
69	Zachodniopomorskie	16.5	+0.6 pts
70	Emilia-Romagna	16	+1.9 pts
70	Prov. Liège	16	+1.1 pts
70	Região Autónoma da Madeira	16	+3.6 pts
73	Valencian Community	15.8	+1 pts
74	Languedoc-Roussillon	15.6	-0.7 pts
75	Podkarpackie	15.3	+0.9 pts
76	Kýpros	15.2	+0.5 pts
76	Region of Murcia	15.2	-0.2 pts
78	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	15.1	+1.8 pts
79	Alsace	15	+2 pts
79	Mazowiecki regionalny	15	+2 pts
81	Stredné Slovensko	14.8	+1 pts
82	Attiki	14.7	-0.3 pts
83	Aragon	14.6	+3 pts
84	Castile and León	14.5	+2.5 pts
84	Veneto	14.5	+2.1 pts
86	Haute-Normandie	14.4	+0.2 pts
86	Warmińsko-mazurskie	14.4	-3 pts
88	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	14.3	+1.8 pts
88	Świętokrzyskie	14.3	-1.4 pts
90	Jadranska Hrvatska	14.2	-0.5 pts
90	Lorraine	14.2	+2.6 pts
92	Centre - Val de Loire	14.1	+2.3 pts
93	Dél-Alföld	14	+1.4 pts
93	Prov. Namur	14	+0.2 pts
95	Cantabria	13.7	+0.6 pts
95	Eastern and Midland	13.7	+3.7 pts
95	Kujawsko-pomorskie	13.7	0 pts
95	Opolskie Low reliability	13.7	+1.3 pts
99	Lubuskie	13.5	-0.9 pts
99	Southern	13.5	+1.1 pts
101	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	13.4	-0.3 pts
101	Galicia	13.4	+1.1 pts
103	Podlaskie	13.3	+1.8 pts
103	Wien	13.3	+1.8 pts
105	Limousin	13.2	+1.3 pts
105	Moravskoslezsko	13.2	+0.5 pts
105	Nord-Vest	13.2	0 pts
108	Poitou-Charentes	13.1	+1.4 pts
108	Sjeverna Hrvatska	13.1	+2.3 pts
110	Community of Madrid	13	+2.4 pts
110	Közép-Dunántúl	13	+2.5 pts
110	Západné Slovensko	13	+1.9 pts
113	Aquitaine	12.9	+0.5 pts
113	Navarre	12.9	+3.9 pts
115	Franche-Comté	12.8	-0.6 pts
116	Berlin Series break	12.7	+3.5 pts
116	Prov. Brabant wallon	12.7	+2 pts
118	Pays de la Loire	12.6	+1.7 pts
118	Pomorskie	12.6	+1.9 pts
120	Ile-de-France	12.3	+0.7 pts
120	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	12.3	+2.7 pts
122	Pest	12.2	+2.2 pts
122	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	12.2	+0.8 pts
124	Basque Country	12.1	+3.3 pts
124	Rhône-Alpes	12.1	+0.8 pts
126	Bretagne	12	+2.8 pts
126	Dolnośląskie	12	+1 pts
128	Bourgogne	11.9	+0.3 pts
128	Eesti	11.9	+1.3 pts
128	Latvija	11.9	+1.6 pts
128	Střední Morava	11.9	+0.2 pts
132	Arnsberg Series break	11.6	+2.4 pts
133	Länsi-Suomi	11.5	+0.7 pts
133	Nordjylland	11.5	+0.8 pts
135	Detmold Low reliability	11.4	+3.8 pts
135	Norte	11.4	+2.7 pts
137	La Rioja	11.3	-0.2 pts
137	Península de Setúbal	11.3	+0.9 pts
137	Śląskie	11.3	+1.8 pts
140	Střední Čechy	11.1	+3 pts
141	Düsseldorf Series break	11	+0.5 pts
141	Midtjylland	11	+1.9 pts
141	Prov. Antwerpen	11	+1.3 pts
144	Jihozápad	10.8	+1.6 pts
145	Darmstadt Series break	10.7	+3.2 pts
145	Severovýchod	10.7	+1.3 pts
145	Syddanmark	10.7	-0.8 pts
148	Vzhodna Slovenija	10.6	+0.5 pts
149	Alentejo	10.5	-2.9 pts
149	Małopolskie	10.5	+0.8 pts
149	Sjælland	10.5	0 pts
152	Basse-Normandie	10.3	-4.1 pts
152	Etelä-Suomi	10.3	+0.8 pts
152	Wielkopolskie	10.3	+0.6 pts
155	Hannover Low reliability	10.2	0 pts
155	Midi-Pyrénées	10.2	-1.8 pts
155	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	10.2	+0.6 pts
158	Bucureşti-Ilfov	10.1	-1.6 pts
159	Kärnten	10	+1 pts
159	Schleswig-Holstein Series break	10	+2.2 pts
161	Köln Series break	9.9	+2.2 pts
161	Łódzkie	9.9	-0.8 pts
161	Lüneburg Low reliability	9.9	+1.7 pts
164	Nyugat-Dunántúl	9.8	+0.8 pts
165	Malta	9.7	+1.2 pts
166	Centro (PT)	9.6	+2 pts
166	Grande Lisboa	9.6	+1.1 pts
166	Rheinhessen-Pfalz Low reliability	9.6	+0.8 pts
169	Hamburg Low reliability	9.5	+0.6 pts
169	Nord-Est	9.5	-0.5 pts
171	Budapest	9.3	+2.1 pts
171	Norra Mellansverige	9.3	-0.6 pts
173	Braunschweig Low reliability	9.2	+1.3 pts
174	Yugozapaden	8.8	+1.8 pts
175	Auvergne	8.7	-0.5 pts
175	Hovedstaden	8.7	+0.6 pts
175	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	8.7	+1.5 pts
178	Salzburg	8.6	+2 pts
178	Vorarlberg Low reliability	8.6	+0.7 pts
180	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	8.5	+1.7 pts
181	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	8.4	+1.1 pts
181	Steiermark	8.4	+1.1 pts
183	Freiburg Low reliability	8.3	+1.9 pts
184	Jihovýchod	8.2	+0.5 pts
184	Niederösterreich	8.2	-0.1 pts
184	Sydsverige	8.2	+1.8 pts
184	Tübingen Low reliability	8.2	+2.8 pts
188	Stuttgart Series break	8.1	+1.1 pts
189	Helsinki-Uusimaa	8	+0.8 pts
189	Oberösterreich	8	+2.1 pts
189	Tirol	8	+1.1 pts
192	Münster Low reliability	7.9	-0.2 pts
192	Schwaben Low reliability	7.9	+2.7 pts
192	Zahodna Slovenija	7.9	+0.4 pts
195	Sostinės regionas	7.8	+2.8 pts
196	Luxembourg	7.7	+1.2 pts
196	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7.7	-1.1 pts
198	Karlsruhe Low reliability	7.6	+1.1 pts
199	Groningen	7.5	+2.4 pts
199	Oberbayern Series break	7.5	+2.7 pts
201	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	7.4	-2.2 pts
201	Weser-Ems Low reliability	7.4	-1 pts
203	Östra Mellansverige	7.3	+1.4 pts
204	Västsverige	7.2	+1.3 pts
205	Mellersta Norrland Low reliability	7	-0.6 pts
206	Friesland (NL)	6.9	+0.5 pts
206	Warszawski stołeczny	6.9	+1.1 pts
208	Grad Zagreb Low reliability	6.6	-4.2 pts
208	Småland med öarna	6.6	+0.3 pts
208	Stockholm	6.6	+1.3 pts
211	Drenthe	6.4	+0.8 pts
211	Flevoland	6.4	+0.1 pts
211	Praha	6.4	+0.9 pts
214	Noord-Holland	6.2	+0.8 pts
215	Limburg (NL)	6.1	-1.5 pts
216	Noord-Brabant	5.9	+0.5 pts
217	Zuid-Holland	5.6	-0.9 pts
218	Bratislavský kraj	5.4	-0.8 pts
218	Overijssel	5.4	+0.1 pts
220	Övre Norrland Low reliability	5.2	-1.4 pts
221	Gelderland	5.1	+0.1 pts
222	Utrecht	4.3	-0.2 pts
223	Zeeland Low reliability	3.9	-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. 20 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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.

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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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table

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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, 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/neet-rate-15-29/eu-regions?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{eurostat_eu_regions_nuts_2_2020,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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, 2020}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/neet-rate-15-29/eu-regions?period=2020. Publisher attribution: 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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Which region has the highest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29?

Guyane, with 40.2% in 2020, 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 3.9% in 2020.

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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. 20 regions have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.