National Bureau of Statistics informs that, according to the results of the ,,Labor Force Survey” (LFS), in the fourth quarter 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 26,0%, of the total (-2.1 p.p. compared to the fourth quarter of 2023);

• young people not in employment, but in education and training, which reached the share of 31,5 % of the total (+ 3.6 p.p. compared to the fourth quarter of 2023);

• young people in employment, but not in education and training, which marked 35,3% of the total (+0.2 p.p. compared to the fourth quarter of 2023);

• young people in employment and in education and training, which constituted 3,0% of the total (at the same level as in to the fourth quarter of 2023);

• 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 4,2% of the total (down by 1.7 p.p. compared to the level of the fourth quarter of 2023)

The total number of young people aged 15-34 years who forming the NEET group was 139.5 thousand people aged 15-24 years – 32.6 thousand people, aged 15-29 years – 81.1 thousand people. For all these three age groups, the majority are women (53.0% at the group 15-24 years, 63.0% at the aged 15-29 years and 63.8% at the aged 15-34 years).

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