Figure 2 – Young people neither in employment nor in education and training

The NEET rate has also fallen, from 13.2 % in 2012 to 11.5 % in 2016, however annual data from 2016 show that it remains above the pre-financial crisis level (see Figure 2). In some countries, such as Cyprus, France, Italy, Poland and Slovakia, improvements are slow. In others, Croatia, Finland, and Romania, for instance, there is no improvement at all, and the situation is even worse than in 2012.