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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Percentage of population neither in education nor employed (NEET-rates), age group 20-24 years.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat
Data for:
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Young people neither in employment nor in education and training by sex, age and educational attainment level (NEET rates) [edat_lfse_21] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted 2024/09/10.
Source 2:	OECD
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Distribution of young adults’ education and work status, for a given level of educational attainment, age group and gender URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/09/10. For years 2022 and earlier: Decomissioned OECD database stats.oecd.org, dataset: Educational attainment and labour-force status extracted 2023/09/23 (year 2022), 2021/10/26 (years 2019-2020), 2019/12/06 (year 2018), 2018/10/25 (year 2017), 2018/06/06 (up to 2016). extracted 2024/09/10

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0.27875
Maximum:	28.08875
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

NEET Rate

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Upper middle group

Netherlands

8.6

4.50

Norway

7.9

6.80

Sweden

7.7

7.50

Slovenia

7.6

7.70

Switzerland

7.2

9.00

Czechia

7.1

9.10

Germany

7.1

9.20

Austria

7.0

9.40

Ireland

7.0

9.50

Denmark

6.9

9.90

Australia

6.9

9.91

Belgium

6.8

10.30

Finland

6.6

10.90

Poland

6.4

11.40

Canada

6.2

11.91

New Zealand

6.2

11.93

Portugal

6.2

12.00

Japan

6.2

12.10

Estonia

6.0

12.50

Latvia

6.0

12.60

Lower middle group

Slovakia

5.9

12.90

Hungary

5.8

13.30

Spain

5.5

14.10

5.4

14.46

USA

5.4

14.64

France

5.1

15.50

Israel

4.7

16.74

Lithuania

4.5

17.20

Italy

3.9

19.00

Greece

3.8

19.40

Bottom group

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