1. NEET – definitions and methodology
Eurostat unit F3 – Labour market and lifelong learning
Sabine Gagel

2. NEET – young people neither in employment nor in education and training
NEET definition
Discussions at EMCO IG (January, April 2010)
EMCO April 2010: agreement on definition
Aim: supplement existing indicators (employment rate, unemployment rate/ratio) with information on young people not in employment and not in education and training
Policy use: JAF/EPM, MIP Scoreboard

3. And not in further education or training
NEET = percentage of the population in a given age group or sex who are
Not employed
- Unemployed or inactive according to ILO definitions
In the reference week  current
Derived LFS variable
And not in further education or training
- No participation in formal or non-formal education or training
In the four weeks preceding the survey  current
Variables EDUCSTAT and COURATT
Data source: EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS)