Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET)

For young people in Romania, the risk of being left outside both school and the labour market is among the highest in the Union, well above the European average.

The neighbours have steadily reduced the share of young people left outside school and work; Romania has come down too, but more slowly, so the gap to Poland and Hungary has persisted for two decades.

Most young people left outside school and work live in the southern and eastern regions; the capital sits at Western European levels. It is the same internal divide that shows up in poverty and early school leaving.