More and more young adults in the EU neither work nor study
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More than 17 percent of young adults in the European Union between the ages of 20 and 34 alt were neither in school or working. This result represents an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared to 2019.
According to Eurostat, the latest research shows that a decline in the so-called NEETs was visible since 2013. This changed in 2020 when the share of young people not in employment or school went up.
All three age groups surveyed recorded a higher share in 2020 compared to 2019: 15.7 percent for the 20-24 group (up 1.2 p.p.), 18.6 percent for the 25-29 group (up 1.4 p.p.), and 18.2 percent for those aged 30-34 (up 0.8 p.p.). Eurostat reports that the change is due to the economic slowdown due to the pandemic.
Women dominate among NEETs in the European Union. 21.5 percent of young women are neither working nor in education. In eight member states the percentage of women was at least 10 p.p. higher than men - Poland was in this group, as well as Bulgaria, Italy, Estonia, Romania Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
