Office for National Statistics estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex.
An estimated 12.8% of all people aged 16 to 24 years in the UK were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in April to June 2025. This is up 0.3 percentage points compared with January to March 2025 and up 0.1 percentage points on the year.
An estimated 13.1% of young men (down 0.1 percentage points on the quarter) and 12.4% of young women (up 0.7 percentage points on the quarter) were NEET.
There were 948,000 young people who were NEET in total, an increase of 24,000 on the quarter. This increase was largely caused by young women, with an increase of 25,000 on the quarter, while young men saw a decrease of 1,000. Of the total number of young people who were NEET, 497,000 were young men and 450,000 were young women.
The total number of people aged 18 to 24 years who were NEET was 873,000, up 18,000 on the previous quarter.
The percentage of all those aged 18 to 24 years who were NEET was 15.0%, which again was up 0.3 percentage points on the quarter and up 0.1 percentage points on the year.
There was an estimated 365,000 young people NEET aged 16 to 24 years who were unemployed in April to June 2025. This was up 10,000 from January to March 2025, and up 20,000 from April to June 2024.
An estimated 224,000 of these unemployed young people NEET were young men, and 140,000 were young women. The number of NEET men aged 16 to 24 years who were unemployed decreased by 5,000 from January to March 2025, while the number of NEET women aged 16 to 24 years who were unemployed increased by 15,000 on the quarter.
There was an estimated 583,000 economically inactive young people aged 16 to 24 years who were NEET in April to June 2025. This was up 14,000 on the quarter from January to March 2025, and up 6,000 on the year from April to June 2024.
The number of young men who were NEET and economically inactive was 273,000 and the corresponding number of young women was 310,000. The total increase of 14,000 on the quarter was largely caused by young women, who saw an increase of 10,000 from January to March 2025, while young men aged 16 to 24 years who were NEET and economically inactive increased by 4,000.