{"metric":"neet_rate","title":"Young people not in education, employment or training","topic":"education","unit":"percent","measure_type":"percentage","geography":"E92000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","latest":{"period_start":"2025-01-01","period_end":"2025-12-31","period_label":"2025","value":13.3371555827521,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-08-04"},"comparison":{"period_label":"2024","value":13.60140767,"vintage":"2026-08-04"},"source":{"publisher":"Department for Education","publication":"Explore Education Statistics: absence, SEN, attainment, apprenticeships, NEET, class sizes","landing_url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/","sheet":"neet","table":"019cc380-4628-71be-bdc2-a01a95b64c89","row":"Age=16 to 24; Quarter=Q4; Sex=Total","column":"Percentage of population NEET","raw_value":"13.3371555827521","file_url":"https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets","file_sha256":"301a1eda429205c90247cc4efad5564351b549d7772715a628d8459e360d8b47","release_date":"2026-08-04","release_label":"Explore Education Statistics: releases to August 2026"},"definition":"The estimated percentage of 16 to 24 year olds in England who were not in education, employment or training in the October to December quarter, from the Labour Force Survey.\n","does_not_measure":"Benefit receipt or long-term outcomes; the estimate is a survey snapshot with a sampling margin.\n","links":{"page":"/education/neet-rate","series":"/api/metrics/neet_rate/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/neet_rate/vintages"}}