Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), UK
Official statistics, not accredited
The share of young people in the UK not in education, employment or training, aged 16 to 24, 16 to 17 and 18 to 24, each quarter since October to December 2001, seasonally adjusted, from the Labour Force Survey.
Aged 16 to 24
13.01%
Q2 2026 · seasonally adjusted
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 21:03 UTC- Aged 16 to 24
- Aged 16 to 17
- Aged 18 to 24
Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
99 periods, newest first
| Period | Aged 16 to 24 | Aged 16 to 17 | Aged 18 to 24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 13.01% | 5.29% | 15.15% |
| Q1 2026 | 13.46% | 5.16% | 15.77% |
| Q4 2025 | 12.81% | 4.11% | 15.24% |
| Q3 2025 | 12.64% | 3.81% | 15.11% |
| Q2 2025 | 12.80% | 4.52% | 15.13% |
| Q1 2025 | 12.33% | 4.03% | 14.66% |
| Q4 2024 | 13.31% | 4.82% | 15.69% |
| Q3 2024 | 12.95% | 4.21% | 15.39% |
| Q2 2024 | 12.60% | 4.18% | 14.95% |
| Q1 2024 | 12.87% | 4.43% | 15.22% |
| Q4 2023 | 12.11% | 3.90% | 14.38% |
| Q3 2023 | 11.87% | 3.81% | 14.09% |
| Q2 2023 | 11.71% | 4.00% | 13.82% |
| Q1 2023 | 11.58% | 3.55% | 13.78% |
| Q4 2022 | 11.86% | 4.30% | 13.93% |
| Q3 2022 | 10.39% | 2.91% | 12.44% |
| Q2 2022 | 10.54% | 3.06% | 12.59% |
| Q1 2022 | 10.59% | 4.13% | 12.36% |
| Q4 2021 | 10.35% | 3.67% | 12.18% |
| Q3 2021 | 10.16% | 2.48% | 12.25% |
| Q2 2021 | 9.69% | 3.73% | 11.32% |
| Q1 2021 | 10.71% | 3.41% | 12.69% |
| Q4 2020 | 11.77% | 3.49% | 14.00% |
| Q3 2020 | 11.18% | 3.45% | 13.25% |
| Q2 2020 | 11.62% | 3.79% | 13.70% |
| Q1 2020 | 11.45% | 4.56% | 13.26% |
| Q4 2019 | 10.75% | 4.35% | 12.41% |
| Q3 2019 | 11.53% | 5.13% | 13.18% |
| Q2 2019 | 11.54% | 4.04% | 13.45% |
| Q1 2019 | 11.15% | 3.66% | 13.04% |
| Q4 2018 | 11.33% | 4.84% | 12.96% |
| Q3 2018 | 10.86% | 3.47% | 12.70% |
| Q2 2018 | 11.12% | 4.03% | 12.88% |
| Q1 2018 | 11.36% | 4.29% | 13.13% |
| Q4 2017 | 11.26% | 4.44% | 12.97% |
| Q3 2017 | 11.25% | 4.70% | 12.90% |
| Q2 2017 | 11.15% | 4.68% | 12.79% |
| Q1 2017 | 11.17% | 4.23% | 12.92% |
| Q4 2016 | 11.51% | 4.30% | 13.34% |
| Q3 2016 | 11.99% | 4.13% | 13.99% |
| Q2 2016 | 11.73% | 4.32% | 13.62% |
| Q1 2016 | 12.00% | 4.12% | 14.02% |
| Q4 2015 | 11.87% | 3.35% | 14.04% |
| Q3 2015 | 11.80% | 3.57% | 13.91% |
| Q2 2015 | 12.66% | 3.26% | 15.07% |
| Q1 2015 | 12.85% | 3.59% | 15.24% |
| Q4 2014 | 13.35% | 4.24% | 15.70% |
| Q3 2014 | 13.28% | 3.74% | 15.76% |
| Q2 2014 | 13.21% | 3.83% | 15.65% |
| Q1 2014 | 13.42% | 3.68% | 15.95% |
| Q4 2013 | 14.22% | 4.42% | 16.77% |
| Q3 2013 | 14.94% | 4.16% | 17.76% |
| Q2 2013 | 14.89% | 4.70% | 17.54% |
| Q1 2013 | 15.02% | 5.16% | 17.58% |
| Q4 2012 | 14.77% | 4.56% | 17.42% |
| Q3 2012 | 15.02% | 4.89% | 17.64% |
| Q2 2012 | 16.20% | 6.12% | 18.81% |
| Q1 2012 | 16.21% | 6.22% | 18.81% |
| Q4 2011 | 16.46% | 6.36% | 19.09% |
| Q3 2011 | 16.90% | 6.76% | 19.55% |
| Q2 2011 | 15.80% | 5.92% | 18.40% |
| Q1 2011 | 15.29% | 5.81% | 17.80% |
| Q4 2010 | 15.86% | 5.58% | 18.59% |
| Q3 2010 | 15.29% | 5.80% | 17.82% |
| Q2 2010 | 14.70% | 5.77% | 17.09% |
| Q1 2010 | 15.47% | 5.97% | 18.03% |
| Q4 2009 | 14.88% | 6.06% | 17.28% |
| Q3 2009 | 15.44% | 5.90% | 18.05% |
| Q2 2009 | 15.55% | 7.26% | 17.83% |
| Q1 2009 | 15.14% | 7.29% | 17.30% |
| Q4 2008 | 14.16% | 7.02% | 16.15% |
| Q3 2008 | 14.29% | 7.39% | 16.22% |
| Q2 2008 | 13.82% | 7.40% | 15.62% |
| Q1 2008 | 13.40% | 7.04% | 15.19% |
| Q4 2007 | 13.43% | 7.94% | 14.97% |
| Q3 2007 | 13.72% | 7.89% | 15.36% |
| Q2 2007 | 14.06% | 7.95% | 15.78% |
| Q1 2007 | 14.07% | 8.06% | 15.76% |
| Q4 2006 | 13.83% | 8.26% | 15.40% |
| Q3 2006 | 14.28% | 8.93% | 15.78% |
| Q2 2006 | 14.56% | 8.92% | 16.15% |
| Q1 2006 | 14.07% | 8.55% | 15.64% |
| Q4 2005 | 14.40% | 9.17% | 15.88% |
| Q3 2005 | 13.47% | 8.72% | 14.82% |
| Q2 2005 | 13.69% | 8.66% | 15.13% |
| Q1 2005 | 13.43% | 8.74% | 14.78% |
| Q4 2004 | 13.44% | 8.65% | 14.83% |
| Q3 2004 | 13.44% | 8.53% | 14.86% |
| Q2 2004 | 12.94% | 8.27% | 14.29% |
| Q1 2004 | 12.36% | 7.69% | 13.72% |
| Q4 2003 | 12.60% | 7.90% | 13.97% |
| Q3 2003 | 13.12% | 8.62% | 14.43% |
| Q2 2003 | 13.40% | 9.09% | 14.66% |
| Q1 2003 | 13.50% | 9.02% | 14.83% |
| Q4 2002 | 12.71% | 8.59% | 13.93% |
| Q3 2002 | 13.34% | 8.51% | 14.78% |
| Q2 2002 | 13.41% | 8.67% | 14.83% |
| Q1 2002 | 13.27% | 8.26% | 14.78% |
| Q4 2001 | 12.93% | 8.27% | 14.34% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneettable1
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 21:03 UTC
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Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 21:03 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 21:03 UTC; 297 of 297 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T21:03:05Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 297 of 297 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 297 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 297 of 297 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the current edition counts at 2026-06-30, 124 days before retrieval (limit 200) |
| Pass | The ONS bulletin agrees | 1 of 1 figures match the 16 to 24 rate https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneet/latest states for April to June 2026, at its one decimal place (13.0%; the record's 13.0128%) |
| Pass | The bulletin's other figures agree | 7 of 7 cases of figure, those the bulletin https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneet/latest states, rounded and signed as it gives them, equal the file's for 2026 Q2 |
| Pass | The rate is NEET over the population | 297 of 297 cases of quarter and age, the rate equals the NEET over the population within 1e-09 (297 exactly) |
| Pass | Unemployed and inactive make the NEET | 297 of 297 cases of quarter and age, the unemployed and the economically inactive sum to the NEET within 1e-06 (297 exactly) |
| Pass | Men and women make people | 594 of 594 cases of quarter, age and count, men's and women's sheets sum to people's within 1e-06 (594 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneettable1 – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, a sample survey. The ONS reweighted its estimates from January to March 2019 onwards, a step in the series, and advises caution over short-term changes since its survey's methods changed in 2024. Quarters are calendar quarters.
- The ONS publishes no estimates for the nations or regions. England's NEET figures, from the DfE, count young people by academic age and are on their own page.