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Neither Employed nor in Education or Training: NEET statistics in Europe and America




How did the 2008 global financial crisis impact the rate of people designated as Neither Employed nor in Education or Training? The Financial (Finchannel.com, February 1, 2016) says there are still millions of NEETs across Europe and in the United States.

During and after the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) the NEET rates rose in both the US and in the EU – with the rates spiking highest in the United States, but also improving (i.e. declining) faster than in Europe. Many EU countries still have NEET rates higher than pre-GFC.

In America in 2015 there were nearly 10.2 million NEETs aged between 16-29 (16.9% of that age bracket), according to the Pew Research Center, analyzing Bureau of Labor statistics. It is a modest decline from 2013 (11 million NEETs representing 18.5% of the 16-29 age group). Corresponding age group data isn’t available, but for the 16-24 age group, there were 19.5% of NEETs in 1985, with 14.3% in 2000, 14.5% in 2007, 17.6% in 2010, and 15.7% in 2015.

Of the 16-29 year old NEETs in America in 2015, 57% were female and 47% were male. There were 22% young black NEETs against 16% young whites and 20% young Hispanics.

In the European Union member countries, Eurostat reported the NEET rates for 15-29 year olds. In 2014 (2015 statistics are not available) 13.4 million were NEETs, representing 15.4%. Of these 55% were female and 45% were male. The highest rates of NEETs were in Greece (26.7%) and Italy (26.2%) with the lowest rates in Denmark (7.3%) and Luxembourg (6.5%).

In Germany the NEET rate peaked in 2005 and has gradually declined. In Italy the NEET rate has been rising since 2008 and is still rising. In France the NEET rate has been stable from 2000-2014.

Social and labour economists are paying close attention to the rate of people, especially youth, who are Neither Employed nor in Education or Training. Without government or private assistance, economically inactive young people can’t gain job skills to integrate into the wider economy or to achieve their earning and learning potential. And NEET rates across American and Europe remain persistently high.



MARTINA NICOLLS is the author of:- The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).


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