Department for Education · 2000 to 2025 · percent

Young people not in education, employment or training

Young people not in education, employment or training: 2000 to 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%5%10%15%2000201020202000: 12.3% percent · published 4 August 20262001: 12.5% percent · published 4 August 20262002: 12.3% percent · published 4 August 20262003: 12.1% percent · published 4 August 20262004: 13.1% percent · published 4 August 20262005: 14.5% percent · published 4 August 20262006: 13.9% percent · published 4 August 20262007: 13% percent · published 4 August 20262008: 14.2% percent · published 4 August 20262009: 14.8% percent · published 4 August 20262010: 15.6% percent · published 4 August 20262011: 16% percent · published 4 August 20262012: 14.9% percent · published 4 August 20262013: 14.1% percent · published 4 August 20262014: 13.1% percent · published 4 August 20262015: 11.6% percent · published 4 August 20262016: 11.3% percent · published 4 August 20262017: 11% percent · published 4 August 20262018: 11.3% percent · published 4 August 20262019: 11.2% percent · published 4 August 20262020: 11.9% percent · published 4 August 20262021: 10.7% percent · published 4 August 20262022: 12.5% percent · published 4 August 20262023: 12.1% percent · published 4 August 20262024: 13.6% percent · published 4 August 20262025: 13.3% percent · published 4 August 2026

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Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: absence, SEN, attainment, apprenticeships, NEET, class sizes, Explore Education Statistics: releases to August 2026 (published 4 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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