The number of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) in the United Kingdom was 987,000 in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared with 964,000 in the previous quarter.

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, approximately 15.8 percent of 18 to 24-year-old's in the United Kingdom were not in education, employment or training (NEET) compared with five percent of 16 to 17-year-old's. During this time period, the share of people who were NEET reached a peak in Q3 2011, when 16.9 percent of young people in the UK fell into this category.

Young people from the Chinese (4.5%) and Indian (7.3%) ethnic groups were less likely than the UK average (11.5%) to be not in employment, education or training.

Quarterly estimates for young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in the UK. These are official statistics in development.

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, approximately 14.4 percent of men aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom were not in education, employment or training (NEET) compared with 12.3 percent of women in this age group.

Labour Force Survey quarterly sampling variability estimates for young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in the UK. These are official statistics in development.

This brief sets out the latest statistics available on NEET in England from the DfE 16 - 18 Participation SFR, the Labour Force Survey, and regional NEET figures. Source agency: Education Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: NEET Statistics

Local Authorities are required to track young peoples participation in education and training enabling those who are not in education, employment or training to be identified. They record the current activity of 16 to 18 year olds on a local database which must meet the Client Caseload Information System specification published by the Department each year. Data can be broken down by local authority, gender, age, disability, ethnic group and characteristics such as teenage parents. Individual level information is aggregated and published on the Departments website both as administrative data and official statistics. More detailed breakdowns of aggregated data are shared with local authorities for benchmarking purposes and used by the department for policy development.

Latest London Region Data and trends for a number of core indicators of the health of London's labour market.

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Indicator data for all boroughs

Here is the latest reliable skills and employment data that exists for London boroughs and sub-regions. It covers the last three years, where possible, to show the latest figures and trends over time.

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Core Indicators

Number of London residents of working age in employment

Employment rate

Number of male London residents of working age in employment

Male employment rate

Number of female London residents of working age in employment

Female employment rate

Workforce jobs

Jobs density

Number of London residents of working age who are economically inactive

Economic inactivity rate

Number of London residents aged 16+ who are unemployed (model based)

Proportion of London residents aged 16+ who are unemployed (model based)

Claimant unemployment

Claimant Count as a proportion of the working age population

Incidence of skill gaps (Numbers and rates)

GCSE (5+ A*–C) attainment including English and Maths

Number of working age people in London with no qualifications

Proportion of working age people in London with no qualifications

Number of working age people in London with Level 4+ qualifications

Proportion of working age people in London with Level 4+ qualifications

Number of people of working age claiming out of work benefits

Proportion of the working age population who claim out of work benefits

Number of young people aged 16-18 who are not in employment, education or training (NEET)

Proportion of 16-18 year olds who are NEET

Additional Indicators

Economy and Productivity

Business Demography (active enterprises, births and deaths of enterprises)

Business Demography (active enterprises, births and deaths of enterprises): Index

Business Demography (National indicators)

Demand for labour: Jobs, vacancies and skills needs

Total vacancies reported by employers

Skill shortage vacancies

JobCentre vacancies - notified

JobCentre vacancies - unfilled

Number employed by industry (working age)

Employment rates by industry (working age)

Number employed by occupation

Employment rates by occupation

Working age who are self-employed

Numbers employed in the civil service

Population and supply of labour

Population estimates (working age)

National Insurance Number Registrations of overseas nationals

Employment projections

Number employed by ethnic groups (working age)

Employment rates by ethnic groups (working age)

Number employed by age groups

Employment rates by age groups

Number employed by disability (working age)

Employment rates by disability (working age)

Employment: Part time/ Full time

Inactivity by reason (working age)

Inactivity rates by reason (working age)

JSA claimants by ethnic groups

Incapacity Benefit claimants by duration

Working age benefit claimants by statistical group

Aged 18-24, claiming JSA for over 6 months

Aged 18-24, claiming JSA for over 9 months

Aged over 25, claiming JSA for over 1 year

JSA claimant flows

JSA claimant flows: index

Skills and learning

Total achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. English & Mathematics by characteristics

Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. English & Mathematics by characteristics

GCE A level examination results of 16-18 year olds

Working age population by qualification level and sex

Working age rates by qualification level and sex

Qualification levels of those in employment (working age)

Number with no adult learning (working age)

Proportion with no adult learning (working age)

Received job related training in last 13 wks (working age)

Apprenticeship Programme starts and achievements - summary

Apprenticeship Programme starts and achievements - index

Apprenticeship Programme starts by level and age

Apprenticeship Programme achievements by level and age

Number of 19 year olds qualified to Level 3

Proportion of 19 year olds qualified to Level 3

Worklessness and NEETS

Worklessness by sex and age (working age)

Worklessness rates by sex and age (working age)

Worklessness numbers and rates by qualification levels (working age)

Within the borough spreadsheet, statistics are shown for boroughs, inner London, outer London, Thames Gateway London, Olympic Host Boroughs, West London, and West London Alliance.

Further Labour Market Indicator tools are available from the CESI website.

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The youth unemployment rate for those aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom was 14.5 percent in January 2025, compared with 14.7 percent in the previous month. After falling to just 9.2 percent in July 2022, the youth unemployment rate has increased at pace and is almost as high as it was following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Nevertheless, youth unemployment is lower than in the early 2010s, when youth unemployment reached a high of 22.5 percent in November 2011. Almost one million UK youth not in work or education In the fourth quarter of 2024, the number of people aged between 16 and 24 that were not in education, employment, or training (NEET) was 987,000, the highest figure in more than ten years. One of the main reasons for this increase has been the general rise in people being on long-term sick leave since the COVID-19 pandemic, which reached a peak of 2.8 million at the end of 2023. While older adults are still more likely to be on long-term sick, the number of younger workers on long-term sickness has increased more rapidly. In the ten years between 2014 and 2024, the number of 16 to 24-year-olds economically inactive for this reason increased from 138,000 to 271,000.

Labour market status by ethnic group, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Approximately 14.8 percent of people aged 16 to 24 were unemployed in the United Kingdom in the fourth quarter of 2024, the highest of any age group in that month. During this time period, older age groups have had much lower unemployment rates than younger ones, who have consistently had the highest unemployment rate. For almost all the age groups, the peak in the unemployment rate was recorded in 2011 when almost a quarter of young working age people were unemployed. Young adults in the labor market In the provided time period, youth unemployment was at its lowest rate in the third quarter of 2022, when it was 10.3 percent. Since then, there has been a noticeable uptick in youth unemployment, which was 14.8 percent towards the end of 2024. A more long-term trend among this age group is the increase in economic inactivity, with 40.8 percent of 16 to 24-year-old's not in work or actively looking for work in 2024. Although students or people in training account for a high share of this economic inactivity, there has also been a rise in the proportion of young adults who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), which reached a ten-year-high of 13.2 percent in late 2024. Unemployment up from low baseline in late 2024 In 2022, the UK labor market, had very low levels of unemployment along with a record number of job vacancies. Throughout 2023 and 2024, this very tight labor market began to loosen, although is still quite low by historic standards. One indicator that has stood out since the COVID-19 pandemic, however, has been the number of people economically inactive due to being on long-term sick leave, which reached 2.82 million in the first quarter of 2024, and has been the main reason for economic inactivity in the UK since late 2021.

The Positive Adaptation to Compound Risk project was funded by the British Academy’s Humanities and Social Sciences Tackling Global Challenges scheme. The goal of the project was to contribute to our understanding of which resilience-enabling factors impact depression outcomes differentially (that is, have greater or lesser protective value) for young people at lower and higher levels of risk exposure, or how consistent these factors might be over time. The project engaged with 57 young people aged 18-26 living in eMbalenhle, South Africa. Each participant contributed 10 weeks of digital diary entries between July and November 2021, and was interviewed 3 times (June 2021, December 2021, June 2022). This resource comprises baseline interview transcripts (June 2021) for both Higher and Lower Risk groups.

In 2020, a survey carried out in the United Kingdom found that 56 percent of young people and 64 percent of NEET young people surveyed were always or often feeling anxious since the COVID-19 pandemic. The youth index survey reported that COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the overall mental health of young people, the impact was even worse on NEET young people.

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