National Bureau of Statistics informs that, according to the results of the ,,Labor Force Survey” (LFS), in the first of 2024, young people aged between 15-34 years were represented by the following categories of people:
- young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), the proportion of which was 24.9%, decreasing by 1.7 percentage points compared to the level of the first quarter of 2023 (26.6%);
- young people not in employment, but in education and training, which reached the share of 30.1%, or by 1.4 percentage points more compared to the first quarter of 2023 (28.7%);
- young people in employment, but not in education and training, which marked 35.1%, increasing by 0.8 percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2023;
- young people in employment and in education and training, which constituted 3.7%, increasing by 0.7 percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2023 (3,0);
- young people who are abroad working or looking for work for a period of up to one year and not in education and training, which constituted 6.2%, decreasing by 1.2 percentage points compared to the level of the first quarter of 2023 (7.4%).
The total number of young people aged 15-34 years who forming the NEET group was 134.0 thousand people aged 15-24 years – 31.6 thousand people, aged 15-29 years – 74.2 thousand people. For all these three age groups, the majority are women (59.8% at the group 15-24 years, 60.6% at the aged 15-29 years and 66.3% at rge aged 15-34 years).
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