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 236 regions in 2022, at 33.9%. Overijssel had the lowest, at 3.1%. The median was 10.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 11.7%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest33.9Guyane

Lowest3.1Overijssel

Median10.6236 regions

European Union (27)11.7History

Top 40 regions, 2022

%. 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	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Guyane	33.9	+2.6 pts
2	Sicilia	32.4	-3.9 pts
3	Campania	29.7	-4.4 pts
4	Sud-Vest Oltenia	28.3	+2.1 pts
5	Calabria	28.2	-5.3 pts
6	Puglia	26	-4.6 pts
7	Sud-Est	25.6	-0.5 pts
8	Centru	25.5	-0.2 pts
9	La Réunion	24.5	-1.9 pts
10	Severozapaden	24	-5.7 pts
11	Sterea Elláda	23.1	-1.5 pts
12	Sud-Muntenia	22.3	+0.7 pts
13	Guadeloupe	21.8	-3.2 pts
14	Melilla Low reliability	21.5	-2.9 pts
15	Sardegna	21.4	-2.2 pts
16	Yugoiztochen	21.3	-2.4 pts
17	Ionia Nisia	21.2	-0.8 pts
18	Molise	20.9	-6.8 pts
19	Basilicata	20.6	-4.6 pts
19	Dytiki Elláda	20.6	-0.8 pts
21	Martinique	20.4	-4.8 pts
22	Dytiki Makedonia	19.8	+2.2 pts
23	Thessalia	19.5	+1.4 pts
24	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	19.4	-6.9 pts
25	Vest	19.2	+0.9 pts
26	Ipeiros	19.1	+4.1 pts
27	Ceuta Low reliability	18.4	-5.9 pts
28	Abruzzo	17.9	-3.2 pts
28	Észak-Magyarország	17.9	-2.3 pts
30	Voreio Aigaio	17.8	-5.3 pts
31	Nord-Est	17.4	-1.9 pts
32	Lazio	17	-4.6 pts
33	Észak-Alföld	16.8	-1.8 pts
33	Notio Aigaio	16.8	-3.7 pts
33	Panonska Hrvatska	16.8	-0.5 pts
36	Nord-Pas de Calais	16.7	-0.3 pts
37	Severozápad	16.6	-2 pts
38	Východné Slovensko Series break	16.1	-5.2 pts
39	Picardie	15.9	-0.5 pts
40	Severen tsentralen	15.8	-2.9 pts
40	Yuzhen tsentralen	15.8	-4 pts
42	Kentriki Makedonia	15.7	-1.9 pts
43	Piemonte	15.4	-3.8 pts
43	Região Autónoma dos Açores Low reliability	15.4	-2.2 pts
45	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Low reliability	15.3	-2.7 pts
46	Balearic Islands	15.2	-1.3 pts
47	Peloponnisos	15	-3.1 pts
48	Prov. Hainaut	14.9	-1.1 pts
49	Andalusia	14.8	-2.5 pts
49	Liguria	14.8	-4.8 pts
51	Podkarpackie	14.5	-2.1 pts
51	Warmińsko-mazurskie	14.5	-1.1 pts
53	Bremen Low reliability	14.4	+0.8 pts
53	Kýpros	14.4	-0.6 pts
53	Umbria	14.4	-4.8 pts
56	Canary Islands	14.2	-5.6 pts
57	Kriti	14.1	-2.6 pts
57	Moravskoslezsko	14.1	+1.4 pts
59	Haute-Normandie	14	+1.1 pts
59	Jadranska Hrvatska	14	-4.5 pts
61	Champagne-Ardenne	13.9	-1.3 pts
61	Dolnośląskie	13.9	+2.1 pts
61	Region of Murcia	13.9	-0.7 pts
64	Extremadura	13.8	-3.2 pts
64	Toscana	13.8	-4.1 pts
66	Asturias	13.7	+0.5 pts
66	Nord-Vest	13.7	0 pts
68	Lombardia	13.6	-4.8 pts
68	Poitou-Charentes	13.6	-2.9 pts
68	Severoiztochen	13.6	-4.9 pts
71	Dél-Dunántúl	13.5	-0.3 pts
71	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	13.5	-2.7 pts
73	Catalonia	13.4	-1.9 pts
73	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	13.4	-0.8 pts
75	Castilla-La Mancha	13.2	-1.4 pts
76	Marche	13.1	-2.9 pts
76	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	13.1	+0.6 pts
76	Veneto	13.1	-0.8 pts
79	Prov. Liège	13	+0.4 pts
79	Valencian Community	13	-1.6 pts
81	Languedoc-Roussillon	12.8	-3 pts
82	Auvergne	12.6	-0.6 pts
82	Wien	12.6	+0.4 pts
84	Lorraine	12.4	-2.5 pts
85	La Rioja	12.3	+1 pts
85	Região Autónoma da Madeira Low reliability	12.3	-2.4 pts
85	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	12.3	-2.2 pts
88	Emilia-Romagna	12.2	-2.9 pts
89	Jihovýchod	12.1	+1.5 pts
90	Kujawsko-pomorskie	12	-0.4 pts
90	Zachodniopomorskie	12	-3.8 pts
92	Aquitaine	11.9	+0.1 pts
92	Castile and León	11.9	+0.1 pts
92	Pomorskie	11.9	+1.2 pts
92	Stredné Slovensko Series break	11.9	-1.9 pts
96	Basse-Normandie	11.8	0 pts
96	Navarre	11.8	-0.2 pts
96	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	11.8	+0.5 pts
99	Lubelskie	11.7	-3.3 pts
99	Prov. Namur	11.7	+0.4 pts
101	Střední Morava	11.6	+1.6 pts
102	Düsseldorf	11.5	+0.2 pts
103	Galicia	11.3	+1 pts
103	Latvija	11.3	-0.8 pts
103	Świętokrzyskie Low reliability	11.3	-3.1 pts
106	Algarve Low reliability	11.1	-1.5 pts
106	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	11.1	-6.5 pts
108	Cantabria	11	+3.2 pts
108	Jihozápad	11	+0.6 pts
108	Midi-Pyrénées	11	-0.8 pts
108	Península de Setúbal	11	-0.7 pts
112	Ile-de-France	10.9	-0.5 pts
113	Attiki	10.8	-2.3 pts
113	Limousin	10.8	+0.6 pts
115	Aragon	10.7	+0.9 pts
115	Hamburg	10.7	-1.1 pts
117	Eesti	10.6	-0.6 pts
117	Opolskie Low reliability	10.6	-1.5 pts
119	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	10.5	-0.1 pts
119	Rhône-Alpes	10.5	-0.3 pts
119	Sjælland	10.5	-1 pts
119	Západné Slovensko Series break	10.5	+0.6 pts
123	Mazowiecki regionalny	10.4	-6.4 pts
123	Sachsen-Anhalt	10.4	-2.4 pts
123	Severovýchod	10.4	+1.8 pts
126	Arnsberg	10.3	-0.3 pts
126	Etelä-Suomi	10.3	+0.3 pts
126	Lubuskie Low reliability	10.3	-4.8 pts
129	Bourgogne	10.2	-0.3 pts
129	Dél-Alföld	10.2	-0.3 pts
131	Berlin	10.1	-1.7 pts
132	Darmstadt	10	-2.3 pts
132	Grad Zagreb	10	+0.6 pts
132	Koblenz Low reliability	10	+0.5 pts
132	Sjeverna Hrvatska	10	-1.3 pts
136	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	9.9	-3.4 pts
136	Weser-Ems	9.9	+0.3 pts
138	Braunschweig	9.8	-0.4 pts
138	Kassel Low reliability	9.8	+0.7 pts
138	Śląskie	9.8	-4.8 pts
141	Community of Madrid	9.7	-0.5 pts
141	Münster	9.7	-0.7 pts
143	Alsace	9.6	-1.5 pts
143	Burgenland Low reliability	9.6	+0.7 pts
143	Podlaskie Low reliability	9.6	-3.4 pts
146	Łódzkie	9.5	-3.2 pts
146	Thüringen	9.5	+2 pts
148	Basque Country	9.4	-1.5 pts
148	Niederösterreich	9.4	+0.6 pts
148	Střední Čechy	9.4	-0.7 pts
151	Bretagne	9.3	-0.9 pts
151	Centre - Val de Loire	9.3	-1.1 pts
151	Saarland Low reliability	9.3	-1 pts
151	Schleswig-Holstein	9.3	-0.3 pts
151	Wielkopolskie	9.3	-1.6 pts
151	Yugozapaden	9.3	+0.1 pts
157	Länsi-Suomi	9.1	-0.8 pts
157	Małopolskie	9.1	-2.4 pts
157	Vzhodna Slovenija	9.1	+1.3 pts
160	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	8.9	-0.4 pts
160	Southern	8.9	-1.1 pts
162	Hannover	8.8	-0.5 pts
162	Köln	8.8	-0.8 pts
162	Közép-Dunántúl	8.8	-0.4 pts
165	Alentejo Low reliability	8.7	-0.4 pts
165	Detmold	8.7	-0.8 pts
165	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Low reliability	8.7	-1.6 pts
165	Northern and Western	8.7	-1.9 pts
165	Vorarlberg Low reliability	8.7	-0.6 pts
170	Midtjylland	8.6	+0.5 pts
171	Eastern and Midland	8.4	-1 pts
172	Gießen Low reliability	8.3	+0.1 pts
172	Pays de la Loire	8.3	-1.3 pts
174	Lüneburg Low reliability	8.2	+0.5 pts
174	Nordjylland	8.2	-1.5 pts
174	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Low reliability	8.2	-1.5 pts
174	Syddanmark	8.2	-1 pts
178	Franche-Comté	8	-2.9 pts
178	Karlsruhe	8	-0.9 pts
178	Kärnten	8	-0.8 pts
178	Mittelfranken Low reliability	8	-1.7 pts
182	Helsinki-Uusimaa	7.9	+0.9 pts
183	Brandenburg Low reliability	7.8	-0.5 pts
184	Steiermark	7.7	0 pts
184	Zahodna Slovenija	7.7	+0.8 pts
186	Centro (PT)	7.6	-1.1 pts
186	Freiburg	7.6	-0.3 pts
186	Malta	7.6	-2.9 pts
186	Norte	7.6	-1.4 pts
190	Bucureşti-Ilfov	7.5	-3.8 pts
190	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Low reliability	7.5	+0.4 pts
192	Luxembourg	7.4	-1.4 pts
192	Östra Mellansverige	7.4	+0.9 pts
194	Schwaben Low reliability	7.2	-0.8 pts
195	Oberösterreich	7.1	-1.4 pts
195	Praha	7.1	-0.2 pts
195	Sostinės regionas	7.1	-0.8 pts
198	Prov. Antwerpen	7	-3 pts
198	Warszawski stołeczny	7	-3 pts
200	Bratislavský kraj Low reliability	6.9	n/a
200	Grande Lisboa	6.9	-1.5 pts
200	Salzburg	6.9	-1.6 pts
203	Pest	6.7	-1.1 pts
203	Stuttgart	6.7	-0.3 pts
205	Nyugat-Dunántúl	6.5	-1.1 pts
205	Oberpfalz Low reliability	6.5	-0.5 pts
205	Prov. Brabant wallon Low reliability	6.5	-1.4 pts
205	Prov. Limburg (BE)	6.5	-1 pts
209	Dresden Low reliability	6.4	-0.6 pts
209	Unterfranken Low reliability	6.4	+0.2 pts
211	Hovedstaden	6.3	-0.5 pts
211	Tirol	6.3	-2 pts
213	Tübingen Low reliability	6	-2 pts
214	Budapest	5.7	+0.2 pts
214	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	5.7	-0.7 pts
214	Västsverige	5.7	-0.6 pts
217	Mellersta Norrland Low reliability	5.6	-0.4 pts
217	Norra Mellansverige	5.6	-2.9 pts
219	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	5.5	-0.2 pts
220	Limburg (NL)	5.4	+0.2 pts
221	Oberbayern	5.3	-1.8 pts
221	Övre Norrland Low reliability	5.3	+0.5 pts
223	Stockholm	5.2	+0.1 pts
224	Sydsverige	5.1	-1.2 pts
224	Zeeland	5.1	n/a
226	Drenthe	4.8	-0.1 pts
226	Gelderland	4.8	+0.9 pts
228	Groningen	4.7	-0.9 pts
229	Utrecht	4.5	+1.4 pts
230	Småland med öarna Low reliability	4.4	-1.2 pts
231	Friesland (NL)	4.3	+0.2 pts
231	Noord-Holland	4.3	+0.4 pts
233	Flevoland	3.8	0 pts
233	Noord-Brabant	3.8	+0.5 pts
233	Zuid-Holland	3.8	-0.3 pts
236	Overijssel	3.1	-0.5 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 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_22/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/neet-rate-15-29/eu-regions?period=2022.

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  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, 2022}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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Which region has the highest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29?

Guyane, with 33.9% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15 to 29?

Overijssel, with 3.1% in 2022.

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