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 236 regions in 2021, at 36.3%. Utrecht had the lowest, at 3.1%. The median was 11.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 13.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2021 (%) | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilia Series break | 36.3 | -2 pts |
| 2 | Campania Series break | 34.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 3 | Calabria Series break | 33.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 4 | Guyane Series break | 31.3 | -8.9 pts |
| 5 | Puglia Series break | 30.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 6 | Severozapaden Series break | 29.7 | -3.3 pts |
| 7 | Molise Series break | 27.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 8 | La Réunion Series break | 26.4 | -3.8 pts |
| 9 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki Series break | 26.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 10 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Series break | 26.2 | +9.3 pts |
| 11 | Sud-Est Series break | 26.1 | +3.4 pts |
| 12 | Centru Series break | 25.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 13 | Basilicata Series break | 25.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 13 | Martinique Series break | 25.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 15 | Guadeloupe Series break | 25 | -2.1 pts |
| 16 | Sterea Elláda Series break | 24.6 | -5.2 pts |
| 17 | Melilla Low reliability | 24.4 | -2.9 pts |
| 18 | Ceuta Low reliability | 24.3 | -2.5 pts |
| 19 | Yugoiztochen Series break | 23.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 20 | Sardegna Series break | 23.6 | -2.4 pts |
| 21 | Voreio Aigaio Series break | 23.1 | -4.3 pts |
| 22 | Ionia Nisia Series break | 22 | -2.8 pts |
| 23 | Lazio Series break | 21.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 23 | Sud-Muntenia Series break | 21.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 25 | Dytiki Elláda Series break | 21.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 26 | Východné Slovensko Series break | 21.3 | +1 pts |
| 27 | Abruzzo Series break | 21.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 28 | Notio Aigaio Series break | 20.5 | -9.3 pts |
| 29 | Észak-Magyarország Series break | 20.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 30 | Canary Islands Series break | 19.8 | -3.4 pts |
| 30 | Yuzhen tsentralen Series break | 19.8 | -2.4 pts |
| 32 | Liguria Series break | 19.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 33 | Nord-Est Series break | 19.3 | +9.8 pts |
| 34 | Piemonte Series break | 19.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 34 | Umbria Series break | 19.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 36 | Severen tsentralen Series break | 18.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 37 | Észak-Alföld Series break | 18.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 37 | Severozápad Series break | 18.6 | +1.8 pts |
| 39 | Jadranska Hrvatska Series break | 18.5 | +4.3 pts |
| 39 | Severoiztochen Series break | 18.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 41 | Lombardia Series break | 18.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 42 | Vest Series break | 18.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 43 | Peloponnisos Series break | 18.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 43 | Thessalia Series break | 18.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 45 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Low reliability | 18 | +1.1 pts |
| 46 | Toscana Series break | 17.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 47 | Dytiki Makedonia Series break | 17.6 | -5.1 pts |
| 47 | Kentriki Makedonia Series break | 17.6 | +1 pts |
| 47 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break | 17.6 | +3.3 pts |
| 47 | Região Autónoma dos Açores Low reliability | 17.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 51 | Andalusia Series break | 17.3 | -4.6 pts |
| 51 | Panonska Hrvatska Series break | 17.3 | -4.5 pts |
| 53 | Extremadura Series break | 17 | -3.4 pts |
| 53 | Nord-Pas de Calais Series break | 17 | -0.6 pts |
| 55 | Corse Low reliability | 16.8 | -8.4 pts |
| 55 | Mazowiecki regionalny Series break | 16.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 57 | Kriti Series break | 16.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 58 | Podkarpackie Series break | 16.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 59 | Balearic Islands Series break | 16.5 | -4.9 pts |
| 59 | Poitou-Charentes Series break | 16.5 | +3.4 pts |
| 61 | Picardie Series break | 16.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 62 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break | 16.2 | +2.8 pts |
| 63 | Marche Series break | 16 | -1.6 pts |
| 63 | Prov. Hainaut Series break | 16 | -1.2 pts |
| 65 | Languedoc-Roussillon Series break | 15.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 65 | Zachodniopomorskie Series break | 15.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 67 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break | 15.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 68 | Catalonia Series break | 15.3 | -2.9 pts |
| 69 | Champagne-Ardenne Series break | 15.2 | -6.1 pts |
| 70 | Emilia-Romagna Series break | 15.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 70 | Lubuskie Series break | 15.1 | +1.6 pts |
| 72 | Ipeiros Series break | 15 | -7.8 pts |
| 72 | Kýpros Series break | 15 | -0.2 pts |
| 72 | Lubelskie Series break | 15 | -2.9 pts |
| 75 | Lorraine Series break | 14.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 76 | Região Autónoma da Madeira Low reliability | 14.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 77 | Castilla-La Mancha Series break | 14.6 | -3.4 pts |
| 77 | Region of Murcia Series break | 14.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 77 | Śląskie Series break | 14.6 | +3.3 pts |
| 77 | Valencian Community Series break | 14.6 | -1.2 pts |
| 81 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Series break | 14.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 82 | Świętokrzyskie Series break | 14.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 83 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break | 14.2 | -3.7 pts |
| 84 | Veneto Series break | 13.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 85 | Dél-Dunántúl Series break | 13.8 | -4.8 pts |
| 85 | Stredné Slovensko Series break | 13.8 | -1 pts |
| 87 | Nord-Vest Series break | 13.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 88 | Bremen Low reliability | 13.6 | |
| 89 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break | 13.3 | +1 pts |
| 90 | Asturias Series break | 13.2 | -3.6 pts |
| 90 | Auvergne Series break | 13.2 | +4.5 pts |
| 92 | Attiki Series break | 13.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 93 | Podlaskie Series break | 13 | -0.3 pts |
| 94 | Haute-Normandie Series break | 12.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 95 | Sachsen-Anhalt Series break | 12.8 | |
| 96 | Łódzkie Series break | 12.7 | +2.8 pts |
| 96 | Moravskoslezsko Series break | 12.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 98 | Algarve Series break | 12.6 | -5.1 pts |
| 98 | Prov. Liège Series break | 12.6 | -3.4 pts |
| 100 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break | 12.5 | -4.3 pts |
| 101 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break | 12.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 102 | Darmstadt Series break | 12.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 103 | Wien Series break | 12.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 104 | Latvija Series break | 12.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 104 | Opolskie Low reliability | 12.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 106 | Navarre Series break | 12 | -0.9 pts |
| 107 | Aquitaine Series break | 11.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 107 | Basse-Normandie Series break | 11.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 107 | Berlin Series break | 11.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 107 | Castile and León Series break | 11.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 107 | Dolnośląskie Series break | 11.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 107 | Hamburg Series break | 11.8 | +2.3 pts |
| 107 | Midi-Pyrénées Series break | 11.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 114 | Península de Setúbal Series break | 11.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 115 | Małopolskie Series break | 11.5 | +1 pts |
| 115 | Sjælland Series break | 11.5 | +1 pts |
| 117 | Ile-de-France Series break | 11.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 118 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Series break | 11.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 118 | Düsseldorf Series break | 11.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 118 | La Rioja Series break | 11.3 | 0 pts |
| 118 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Series break | 11.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 118 | Prov. Namur Series break | 11.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 118 | Sjeverna Hrvatska Series break | 11.3 | -1.8 pts |
| 124 | Eesti Series break | 11.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 125 | Alsace Series break | 11.1 | -3.9 pts |
| 126 | Basque Country Series break | 10.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 126 | Franche-Comté Series break | 10.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 126 | Wielkopolskie Series break | 10.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 129 | Rhône-Alpes Series break | 10.8 | -1.3 pts |
| 130 | Pomorskie Series break | 10.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 131 | Arnsberg Series break | 10.6 | -1 pts |
| 131 | Jihovýchod Series break | 10.6 | +2.4 pts |
| 131 | Northern and Western Series break | 10.6 | -6.2 pts |
| 131 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo Series break | 10.6 | +1.9 pts |
| 135 | Bourgogne Series break | 10.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 135 | Dél-Alföld Series break | 10.5 | -3.5 pts |
| 135 | Malta Series break | 10.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 138 | Centre - Val de Loire Series break | 10.4 | -3.7 pts |
| 138 | Jihozápad Series break | 10.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 138 | Münster Series break | 10.4 | +2.5 pts |
| 141 | Galicia Series break | 10.3 | -3.1 pts |
| 141 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Low reliability | 10.3 | |
| 141 | Saarland Low reliability | 10.3 | |
| 144 | Braunschweig Series break | 10.2 | +1 pts |
| 144 | Bretagne Series break | 10.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 144 | Community of Madrid Series break | 10.2 | -2.8 pts |
| 144 | Limousin Low reliability | 10.2 | -3 pts |
| 148 | Střední Čechy Series break | 10.1 | -1 pts |
| 149 | Etelä-Suomi Series break | 10 | -0.3 pts |
| 149 | Prov. Antwerpen Series break | 10 | -1 pts |
| 149 | Southern Series break | 10 | -3.5 pts |
| 149 | Střední Morava Series break | 10 | -1.9 pts |
| 149 | Warszawski stołeczny Series break | 10 | +3.1 pts |
| 154 | Länsi-Suomi Series break | 9.9 | -1.6 pts |
| 154 | Západné Slovensko Series break | 9.9 | -3.1 pts |
| 156 | Aragon Series break | 9.8 | -4.8 pts |
| 157 | Mittelfranken Low reliability | 9.7 | |
| 157 | Nordjylland Series break | 9.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 157 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break | 9.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 160 | Köln Series break | 9.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 160 | Pays de la Loire Series break | 9.6 | -3 pts |
| 160 | Schleswig-Holstein Series break | 9.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 160 | Weser-Ems Series break | 9.6 | +2.2 pts |
| 164 | Detmold Series break | 9.5 | -1.9 pts |
| 164 | Koblenz Low reliability | 9.5 | |
| 166 | Eastern and Midland Series break | 9.4 | -4.3 pts |
| 166 | Grad Zagreb Series break | 9.4 | +2.8 pts |
| 168 | Hannover Series break | 9.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 168 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break | 9.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 168 | Vorarlberg Series break | 9.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 171 | Közép-Dunántúl Series break | 9.2 | -3.8 pts |
| 171 | Syddanmark Series break | 9.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 171 | Yugozapaden Series break | 9.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 174 | Alentejo Low reliability | 9.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 174 | Kassel Low reliability | 9.1 | |
| 176 | Norte Series break | 9 | -2.4 pts |
| 177 | Burgenland Low reliability | 8.9 | |
| 177 | Karlsruhe Series break | 8.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 179 | Kärnten Series break | 8.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 179 | Luxembourg Series break | 8.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 179 | Niederösterreich Series break | 8.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 182 | Centro (PT) Series break | 8.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 183 | Severovýchod Series break | 8.6 | -2.1 pts |
| 184 | Norra Mellansverige Series break | 8.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 184 | Oberösterreich Series break | 8.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 184 | Salzburg Series break | 8.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 187 | Grande Lisboa Series break | 8.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 188 | Brandenburg Low reliability | 8.3 | |
| 188 | Tirol Series break | 8.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 190 | Gießen Low reliability | 8.2 | |
| 191 | Midtjylland Series break | 8.1 | -2.9 pts |
| 192 | Schwaben Series break | 8 | +0.1 pts |
| 192 | Tübingen Series break | 8 | -0.2 pts |
| 194 | Freiburg Series break | 7.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 194 | Prov. Brabant wallon Series break | 7.9 | -4.8 pts |
| 194 | Sostinės regionas Series break | 7.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 197 | Cantabria Series break | 7.8 | -5.9 pts |
| 197 | Pest Series break | 7.8 | -4.4 pts |
| 197 | Vzhodna Slovenija Series break | 7.8 | -2.8 pts |
| 200 | Lüneburg Low reliability | 7.7 | -2.2 pts |
| 200 | Steiermark Series break | 7.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 202 | Nyugat-Dunántúl Series break | 7.6 | -2.2 pts |
| 203 | Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break | 7.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 203 | Thüringen Low reliability | 7.5 | |
| 205 | Praha Series break | 7.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 206 | Oberbayern Series break | 7.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 206 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Low reliability | 7.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 208 | Dresden Low reliability | 7 | |
| 208 | Helsinki-Uusimaa Series break | 7 | -1 pts |
| 208 | Oberpfalz Low reliability | 7 | |
| 208 | Stuttgart Series break | 7 | -1.1 pts |
| 212 | Zahodna Slovenija Series break | 6.9 | -1 pts |
| 213 | Hovedstaden Series break | 6.8 | -1.9 pts |
| 214 | Östra Mellansverige Series break | 6.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 215 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break | 6.4 | -2.1 pts |
| 216 | Sydsverige Series break | 6.3 | -1.9 pts |
| 216 | Västsverige Series break | 6.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 218 | Unterfranken Low reliability | 6.2 | |
| 219 | Mellersta Norrland Low reliability | 6 | -1 pts |
| 219 | Niederbayern Low reliability | 6 | |
| 221 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break | 5.7 | -1.7 pts |
| 222 | Groningen Series break | 5.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 222 | Småland med öarna Series break | 5.6 | -1 pts |
| 224 | Budapest Series break | 5.5 | -3.8 pts |
| 225 | Limburg (NL) Series break | 5.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 226 | Stockholm Series break | 5.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 227 | Drenthe Series break | 4.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 228 | Övre Norrland Low reliability | 4.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 229 | Friesland (NL) Series break | 4.1 | -2.8 pts |
| 229 | Zuid-Holland Series break | 4.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 231 | Gelderland Series break | 3.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 231 | Noord-Holland Series break | 3.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 233 | Flevoland Series break | 3.8 | -2.6 pts |
| 234 | Overijssel Series break | 3.6 | -1.8 pts |
| 235 | Noord-Brabant Series break | 3.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 236 | Utrecht Series break | 3.1 | -1.2 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. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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, 2021) [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 36.3% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29?
Utrecht, with 3.1% in 2021.
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. 7 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.