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 2023, at 29.7%. Småland med öarna had the lowest, at 3.7%. The median was 10.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 11.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest29.7Guyane

Lowest3.7Småland med öarna

Median10.1236 regions

European Union (27)11.3History

Top 40 regions, 2023

%. 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	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Guyane	29.7	-4.2 pts
2	Sicilia	27.9	-4.5 pts
3	Sud-Vest Oltenia	27.7	-0.6 pts
4	Calabria	27.2	-1 pts
5	Campania	26.9	-2.8 pts
6	Sud-Est	26.8	+1.2 pts
7	Centru	25.5	0 pts
8	Severozapaden	24.8	+0.8 pts
9	La Réunion	24.3	-0.2 pts
10	Ipeiros	23	+3.9 pts
11	Guadeloupe	22.5	+0.7 pts
12	Ionia Nisia	22.2	+1 pts
12	Puglia	22.2	-3.8 pts
14	Sud-Muntenia	20.3	-2 pts
15	Dytiki Makedonia	20.1	+0.3 pts
16	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	19.6	+0.2 pts
16	Martinique	19.6	-0.8 pts
16	Sardegna	19.6	-1.8 pts
19	Thessalia	19.2	-0.3 pts
20	Peloponnisos	18.8	+3.8 pts
21	Melilla Low reliability	18.5	-3 pts
22	Yugoiztochen	18.2	-3.1 pts
23	Molise	18.1	-2.8 pts
24	Észak-Magyarország	17.8	-0.1 pts
24	Severen tsentralen	17.8	+2 pts
26	Notio Aigaio	17.4	+0.6 pts
26	Sterea Elláda	17.4	-5.7 pts
28	Východné Slovensko	17.3	+1.2 pts
29	Voreio Aigaio	17.2	-0.6 pts
30	Nord-Pas de Calais	17.1	+0.4 pts
31	Picardie	17	+1.1 pts
32	Basilicata	16.9	-3.7 pts
33	Nord-Est	16.8	-0.6 pts
33	Panonska Hrvatska	16.8	0 pts
35	Podkarpackie	15.8	+1.3 pts
35	Vest	15.8	-3.4 pts
37	Észak-Alföld	15.7	-1.1 pts
37	Kentriki Makedonia	15.7	0 pts
39	Andalusia	15.4	+0.6 pts
40	Balearic Islands	15.3	+0.1 pts
40	Kriti	15.3	+1.2 pts
40	Severozápad	15.3	-1.3 pts
43	Abruzzo	15.2	-2.7 pts
44	Ceuta Low reliability	15.1	-3.3 pts
44	Dél-Dunántúl	15.1	+1.6 pts
46	Prov. Liège	15	+2 pts
47	Região Autónoma dos Açores Low reliability	14.9	-0.5 pts
48	Region of Murcia	14.8	+0.9 pts
49	Nord-Vest	14.7	+1 pts
49	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	14.7	+2.4 pts
51	Poitou-Charentes	14.5	+0.9 pts
52	Severoiztochen	14.4	+0.8 pts
53	Prov. Hainaut	14.3	-0.6 pts
54	Bremen Low reliability	14.1	-0.3 pts
55	Asturias	14	+0.3 pts
55	Attiki	14	+3.2 pts
55	Languedoc-Roussillon	14	+1.2 pts
55	Yuzhen tsentralen	14	-1.8 pts
59	Canary Islands	13.9	-0.3 pts
60	Kýpros	13.7	-0.7 pts
60	Lazio	13.7	-3.3 pts
62	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	13.6	+0.5 pts
63	Lorraine	13.5	+1.1 pts
64	Wien	13.3	+0.7 pts
65	Basse-Normandie	13	+1.2 pts
66	Corse Low reliability	12.9	n/a
66	Moravskoslezsko	12.9	-1.2 pts
68	Bourgogne	12.7	+2.5 pts
68	Catalonia	12.7	-0.7 pts
70	Extremadura	12.6	-1.2 pts
71	Berlin	12.5	+2.4 pts
71	Bretagne	12.5	+3.2 pts
71	Champagne-Ardenne	12.5	-1.4 pts
71	Dytiki Elláda	12.5	-8.1 pts
71	Jadranska Hrvatska	12.5	-1.5 pts
76	Dél-Alföld	12.3	+2.1 pts
77	Auvergne	11.9	-0.7 pts
78	Piemonte	11.7	-3.7 pts
79	Algarve Low reliability	11.6	+0.5 pts
80	Düsseldorf	11.5	0 pts
80	Świętokrzyskie	11.5	+0.2 pts
82	Castilla-La Mancha	11.4	-1.8 pts
82	Valencian Community	11.4	-1.6 pts
84	Liguria	11.3	-3.5 pts
84	Lubuskie Low reliability	11.3	+1 pts
86	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	11.2	-2.2 pts
86	Sjælland Series break	11.2	+0.7 pts
88	Franche-Comté	11.1	+3.1 pts
88	Jihozápad	11.1	+0.1 pts
88	Łódzkie	11.1	+1.6 pts
88	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	11.1	-0.7 pts
92	Emilia-Romagna	11	-1.2 pts
92	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	11	-2.5 pts
92	Haute-Normandie	11	-3 pts
92	Toscana	11	-2.8 pts
96	Castile and León	10.9	-1 pts
96	Ile-de-France	10.9	0 pts
96	La Rioja	10.9	-1.4 pts
99	Sostinės regionas	10.8	+3.7 pts
100	Aquitaine	10.7	-1.2 pts
101	Lombardia	10.6	-3 pts
101	Marche	10.6	-2.5 pts
101	Rhône-Alpes	10.6	+0.1 pts
101	Severovýchod	10.6	+0.2 pts
105	Arnsberg	10.5	+0.2 pts
105	Gießen Low reliability	10.5	+2.2 pts
105	Münster	10.5	+0.8 pts
105	Região Autónoma da Madeira Low reliability	10.5	-1.8 pts
105	Umbria	10.5	-3.9 pts
105	Veneto	10.5	-2.6 pts
111	Lubelskie	10.3	-1.4 pts
111	Pays de la Loire	10.3	+2 pts
111	Prov. Brabant wallon	10.3	+3.8 pts
114	Community of Madrid	10.2	+0.5 pts
114	Navarre	10.2	-1.6 pts
116	Alsace	10.1	+0.5 pts
116	Aragon	10.1	-0.6 pts
116	Braunschweig Low reliability	10.1	+0.3 pts
116	Hamburg	10.1	-0.6 pts
116	Koblenz Low reliability	10.1	+0.1 pts
116	Warmińsko-mazurskie	10.1	-4.4 pts
122	Brandenburg	10	+2.2 pts
122	Latvija	10	-1.3 pts
124	Kassel Low reliability	9.9	+0.1 pts
124	Kujawsko-pomorskie	9.9	-2.1 pts
124	Mazowiecki regionalny	9.9	-0.5 pts
124	Midi-Pyrénées	9.9	-1.1 pts
124	Prov. Namur	9.9	-1.8 pts
124	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Low reliability	9.9	-5.4 pts
130	Galicia	9.8	-1.5 pts
130	Opolskie Low reliability	9.8	-0.8 pts
130	Saarland Low reliability	9.8	+0.5 pts
130	Weser-Ems	9.8	-0.1 pts
134	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	9.7	-1.4 pts
134	Schleswig-Holstein	9.7	+0.4 pts
134	Thüringen	9.7	+0.2 pts
137	Eesti	9.6	-1 pts
138	Hannover	9.5	+0.7 pts
138	Pest	9.5	+2.8 pts
138	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Low reliability	9.5	+2 pts
138	Střední Čechy	9.5	+0.1 pts
142	Limousin Low reliability	9.4	-1.4 pts
142	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	9.4	-1.1 pts
144	Alentejo Low reliability	9.3	+0.6 pts
144	Länsi-Suomi	9.3	+0.2 pts
144	Wielkopolskie	9.3	0 pts
144	Zachodniopomorskie Low reliability	9.3	-2.7 pts
148	Darmstadt	9.2	-0.8 pts
148	Etelä-Suomi	9.2	-1.1 pts
148	Syddanmark Series break	9.2	+1 pts
151	Střední Morava	9.1	-2.5 pts
151	Vorarlberg	9.1	+0.4 pts
153	Centre - Val de Loire	9	-0.3 pts
153	Península de Setúbal	9	-2 pts
153	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	9	+0.1 pts
153	Sachsen-Anhalt Low reliability	9	-1.4 pts
157	Közép-Dunántúl	8.9	+0.1 pts
157	Midtjylland Series break	8.9	+0.3 pts
157	Vzhodna Slovenija Series break	8.9	-0.2 pts
157	Západné Slovensko	8.9	-1.6 pts
161	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Low reliability	8.8	+0.6 pts
162	Lüneburg Low reliability	8.7	+0.5 pts
162	Norte	8.7	+1.1 pts
162	Sjeverna Hrvatska	8.7	-1.3 pts
162	Southern	8.7	-0.2 pts
166	Dolnośląskie	8.6	-5.3 pts
166	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Low reliability	8.6	-0.1 pts
166	Northern and Western	8.6	-0.1 pts
166	Oberösterreich	8.6	+1.5 pts
170	Bucureşti-Ilfov	8.5	+1 pts
170	Burgenland Low reliability	8.5	-1.1 pts
170	Helsinki-Uusimaa	8.5	+0.6 pts
170	Luxembourg	8.5	+1.1 pts
170	Nordjylland Series break	8.5	+0.3 pts
170	Pomorskie	8.5	-3.4 pts
170	Stredné Slovensko	8.5	-3.4 pts
177	Cantabria	8.4	-2.6 pts
177	Eastern and Midland	8.4	0 pts
177	Jihovýchod	8.4	-3.7 pts
180	Niederösterreich	8.3	-1.1 pts
181	Grande Lisboa	8.2	+1.3 pts
181	Prov. Antwerpen	8.2	+1.2 pts
183	Leipzig Low reliability	8.1	n/a
184	Basque Country	8	-1.4 pts
184	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	8	-1.9 pts
184	Steiermark	8	+0.3 pts
187	Centro (PT)	7.9	+0.3 pts
187	Kärnten	7.9	-0.1 pts
187	Stuttgart	7.9	+1.2 pts
190	Śląskie	7.7	-2.1 pts
191	Karlsruhe	7.6	-0.4 pts
191	Köln	7.6	-1.2 pts
191	Malta	7.6	0 pts
191	Unterfranken Low reliability	7.6	+1.2 pts
195	Detmold Low reliability	7.5	-1.2 pts
195	Freiburg	7.5	-0.1 pts
195	Yugozapaden	7.5	-1.8 pts
198	Grad Zagreb Low reliability	7.3	-2.7 pts
199	Hovedstaden Series break	7.2	+0.9 pts
199	Podlaskie Low reliability	7.2	-2.4 pts
201	Małopolskie	7.1	-2 pts
201	Salzburg	7.1	+0.2 pts
203	Norra Mellansverige	7	+1.4 pts
204	Tirol	6.9	+0.6 pts
205	Mittelfranken Low reliability	6.7	-1.3 pts
206	Zahodna Slovenija Series break	6.6	-1.1 pts
207	Tübingen Low reliability	6.5	+0.5 pts
207	Zeeland	6.5	+1.4 pts
209	Västsverige	6.4	+0.7 pts
210	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	6.3	+0.8 pts
211	Mellersta Norrland Low reliability	6.2	+0.6 pts
211	Östra Mellansverige	6.2	-1.2 pts
213	Nyugat-Dunántúl	6.1	-0.4 pts
213	Prov. Limburg (BE)	6.1	-0.4 pts
215	Schwaben Low reliability	6	-1.2 pts
216	Dresden Low reliability	5.9	-0.5 pts
216	Limburg (NL)	5.9	+0.5 pts
216	Oberbayern	5.9	+0.6 pts
219	Praha	5.8	-1.3 pts
219	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	5.8	+0.1 pts
221	Friesland (NL)	5.7	+1.4 pts
222	Sydsverige	5.6	+0.5 pts
223	Drenthe	5.2	+0.4 pts
224	Stockholm	5.1	-0.1 pts
224	Utrecht	5.1	+0.6 pts
226	Flevoland	5	+1.2 pts
227	Noord-Holland	4.9	+0.6 pts
228	Gelderland	4.8	0 pts
228	Groningen	4.8	+0.1 pts
228	Warszawski stołeczny	4.8	-2.2 pts
231	Övre Norrland Low reliability	4.4	-0.9 pts
231	Zuid-Holland	4.4	+0.6 pts
233	Budapest	4.1	-1.6 pts
233	Noord-Brabant	4.1	+0.3 pts
235	Overijssel	3.8	+0.7 pts
236	Småland med öarna Low reliability	3.7	-0.7 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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/neet-rate-15-29/eu-regions?period=2023. 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 29.7% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Småland med öarna, with 3.7% in 2023.

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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. 7 regions have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.