High NEET rates in Bulgaria and Romania
But Italy and Greece have the largest share at EU level
27 June, 13:46According to the EU statistical office, some of the highest NEET rates in the EU were recorded in 2018 in Bulgaria (20.9%), Romania (20.6%), Slovakia (20.0%), Croatia (18.5%) and Hungary (17.0%), all above the EU average, currently at 16.5%. The highest NEET rates in the European Union were recorded in Italy (28.9%) and Greece (26.8%), two countries where more than a quarter of all young people aged 20-34 were neither in employment nor in education and training.
The lowest NEET rates for people aged 20-34 in 2018 were registered in Sweden (8.0%), the Netherlands (8.4%), Luxembourg (9.9%) and Malta (10.1%), Eurostat said. (ANSA).