The proportion of men aged between 16 and 24 who were NEET in 2020 was 13.3 per cent.
This compares sharply to 2019’s rate of 11.3 per cent and 2015’s level of 10.5 per cent, which had been the lowest rate since 2003.
The previous high was in 2013, when the NEET rate among young men was 13.4 per cent.
Meanwhile, the proportion of women of the same age listed as NEET has fallen from 11.2 per cent in 2019 to 9.7 per cent. This is the lowest figure recorded over the last 20 years.
The data has been revealed in the government’s NEET annual brief, which takes into account the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market.
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