A whopping 31.1% of Italians
between the ages of 20 and 24 neither work nor study, a category
commonly referred to as NEETs (Not in Employment, education or
training).
The percentage is the worst in Europe, noted the EU
statistics institute Eurostat, which published the study on
youth unemployment as part of World Youth Day.
Italian NEETs have risen by 50% in 10 years, the institute
said, from 21.6% in 2006.
Those between age 15 and 29 total 17% of the population at
the EU level, Eurostat noted, dividing the EU youth into three
age groups of five years each for the purposes of the study:
15-19, 20-24 and 25-29.
In the 15-19 age group, 78.5% are studying only, 11.3%
study and work at the same time, 3.7% work and NEETs total 6.3%.
Among those between age 20 and 24, some 33% study, 16.9%
study and work, 32.6% work and NEETs total 17.3%.
Between age 25 and 29, 8.2% of EU youth are still studying,
13.5% are working and studying, 58.5% work and NEETs total
19.2%.
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