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About 1 in 10 young people (defined as aged 20-34) in Luxembourg were “neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET)” in 2018, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics agency.

Eurostat said on 27 June that:

“The lowest NEET rates for people aged 20-34 in 2018 were in Sweden (8.0%), the Netherlands (8.4%), Luxembourg (9.9%) and Malta (10.1%).”

 

“In contrast, the highest NEET rates were recorded in Italy (28.9%) and Greece (26.8%). In these two member states, more than a quarter of all young people aged 20–34 were neither in employment nor in education and training.”

Across the entire EU about 1 in 6 younger people (16.5%) were found to be NEET.