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What percentage of the young population is not in employment, education or training (NEET rate)?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Percentage of population neither in education nor employed (NEET-rates), age group 20-24 years
Year:	2021
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR
Exceptions:	CHE (2020), TUR (2020)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Young people neither in employment nor in education and training by sex, age and educational attainment level (NEET rates) [edat_lfse_21] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 11th, 2022
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2020), CAN (2020), CHL (2017), ISR (2020), JPN (2010), KOR (2009), MEX (2020), NZL (2020), GBR (2020), USA (2020)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Transition from school to work URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted October 26th, 2021 (years 2019-2020), October 8th, 2019 (2017-2018), June 12th, 2018 (2015- 2016), June 23rd, 2017 (up to 2014)

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	32.4
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

NEET Rate

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Upper middle group

Netherlands

8.9

4.10

Iceland

7.9

7.40

Slovenia

7.9

7.40

Norway

7.9

7.70

Sweden

7.9

7.70

Switzerland

7.9

7.70

Czechia

7.4

9.30

Denmark

7.3

9.60

Austria

7.3

9.70

Germany

7.3

9.70

Japan

7.2

10.08

Malta

7.2

10.10

Luxembourg

7.1

10.30

Ireland

7.0

10.80

Belgium

6.9

11.20

Finland

6.9

11.20

Portugal

6.6

12.40

Canada

6.1

14.04

6.1

14.17

Lower middle group

New Zealand

5.9

14.67

USA

5.9

14.67

Hungary

5.8

15.00

Estonia

5.8

15.20

Latvia

5.8

15.20

Poland

5.8

15.20

Spain

5.7

15.50

Australia

5.6

15.88

France

5.6

15.90

Slovakia

5.6

15.90

Lithuania

5.5

16.10

Croatia

5.3

16.80

Cyprus

5.3

16.80

Israel

5.1

17.62

Bulgaria

4.8

18.80

Greece

4.6

19.50

Chile

3.9

21.79

South Korea

3.8

22.16

Romania

3.3

24.00

Mexico

3.1

24.81

Bottom group

Italy

2.8

26.10

Turkey

1.0

37.20