![]() 8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training (NEET rate)MetadataPeriod: AnnualYear: 2025 |
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Indicator | |
8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training (NEET rate) | |
Global indicator name | |
8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training | |
Target | |
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training | |
Goal | |
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all |
Definition and methodology | Top |
Definition | |
Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years or 15-29) not in education, employment or training is called NEETs rate. | |
Methodological explanations | |
Persons that are classified as NEET are not employed (i.e. unemployed or inactive according to the International Labour Organization definition) and they have not received any education or training (i.e. neither formal nor non-formal) in the four weeks preceding the survey. | |
Method of calculation | |
NEET rate= ((Unemployed youth + Youth outside the labour force)– (Unemployed youth in education or training+Youth outside the labour force in education or training))/ Total Youth X 100 | |
Unit of measure | |
% | |
Available disaggregation | |
Gender, Age groups | |
Territorial level | |
Republic of Serbia |
Data source type and data collection method | Top |
Data source | |
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | |
Periodicity of data collection | |
Annual |
Notes | Top |
Break in data series in 2021 because of methodological changes due to harmonization with the latest Eurostat regulation. |
ID of global indicator | Top |
C080601 |
Metadata update | Top |
13/6/2025 |
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https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-08-06-01.pdf |