Estimated 16-24 year olds not in education, training or employment by gender, economic activity and age groups

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Age

Year

Gender

Gender 1

Measure

Employment

Employment 1

16-18

19-24

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Persons

Males

Number

NEET

Not in education or training, nor in employment

7,900

7,500

6,800

8,000

9,200

9,000

8,200

8,500

7,400

7,200

6,700

6,600

7,000

5,800

6,100

6,600

5,800

8,300

6,200

13,800

17,300

18,500

18,800

19,000

26,100

28,600

25,600

28,800

26,000

24,100

21,300

23,300

17,900

20,900

19,900

20,200

20,700

21,900

NEET

ILO unemployed

5,200

4,200

5,800

6,400

5,000

5,700

4,300

4,600

3,600

3,700

2,600

2,200

3,100

2,400

1,400

2,100

2,600

6,500

10,300

10,200

10,300

11,400

15,900

19,900

17,700

20,800

17,000

14,900

11,900

9,000

9,600

9,800

8,200

5,500

8,100

8,600

Economically inactive

2,700

2,300

2,600

2,200

2,800

4,000

3,200

2,800

3,100

2,600

3,100

3,000

4,300

3,600

3,000

4,200

4,400

6,200

3,700

7,300

7,000

8,300

8,500

7,600

10,300

8,700

7,900

8,000

9,000

9,200

9,400

14,400

8,300

11,100

11,600

14,800

12,600

13,300

Not NEET

52,100

53,200

54,600

53,700

52,000

51,500

50,600

51,100

50,800

50,500

49,400

47,800

46,500

45,600

47,100

45,800

49,200

101,700

100,200

101,800

104,400

105,800

100,900

101,100

106,300

104,400

107,000

107,700

109,400

106,300

110,300

105,600

106,800

100,100

98,400

102,500

Total

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) calculates mid-year estimates of resident population by single year of age as at 30 June. For this release, end of year populations have been derived from the mid-year estimates and population projections provided by the ONS. These estimates have been adjusted to age as at 31 August. For example age as at 31 August 2015 is used in the provisional figures for year end 2015.

Total

60,000

60,700

61,400

61,700

61,200

60,500

59,700

59,100

58,500

57,900

57,300

56,000

54,800

53,600

52,600

52,200

52,900

54,100

55,400

115,500

117,500

120,200

123,100

124,800

127,100

129,700

131,900

133,200

132,900

131,800

130,700

129,600

128,200

126,600

126,700

120,400

119,000

124,400

Per cent

NEET

13.1

12.3

11.1

13.0

15.1

14.9

13.7

14.4

12.6

12.4

11.8

11.9

12.7

10.8

11.5

12.7

11.0

15.4

11.2

11.9

14.7

15.4

15.3

15.2

20.6

22.1

19.4

21.6

19.5

18.3

16.3

18.0

14.0

16.5

15.7

16.8

17.4

17.6

NEET

ILO unemployed

8.7

8.5

6.8

9.3

10.5

8.3

9.7

7.3

7.9

6.4

6.5

4.8

4.2

5.9

4.7

2.6

3.9

4.6

5.6

8.8

8.5

8.4

9.2

12.5

15.3

13.4

15.6

12.8

11.3

9.1

6.9

7.5

7.8

6.5

4.6

6.8

6.9

Economically inactive

4.5

3.8

4.3

3.6

4.6

6.6

5.4

4.7

5.3

4.5

5.4

5.3

7.9

6.7

5.7

8.0

8.3

11.4

6.6

6.3

6.0

6.9

6.1

8.1

6.7

6.0

6.8

7.0

7.2

11.1

6.5

8.8

9.2

12.3

10.6

10.7

Not NEET

86.9

87.7

88.9

87.0

84.9

85.1

86.3

85.6

87.4

87.6

88.2

88.1

87.3

89.2

88.5

87.3

89.0

84.6

88.8

88.1

85.3

84.6

84.7

84.8

79.4

77.9

80.6

78.4

80.5

81.7

83.7

82.0

86.0

83.5

84.3

83.2

82.6

82.4

Total

100.0

Females

Number

NEET

5,200

4,300

4,700

6,000

5,700

5,800

5,400

5,600

4,900

5,000

5,300

5,000

4,300

4,800

4,700

5,200

6,300

6,600

8,100

23,100

23,900

23,400

23,700

27,900

29,600

31,800

31,500

28,800

28,400

26,500

22,800

19,100

17,800

19,100

15,800

18,900

12,600

NEET

ILO unemployed

2,400

1,900

2,100

2,700

2,800

2,200

2,800

2,000

1,900

2,100

1,600

1,100

1,800

1,900

2,800

2,500

900

4,200

4,900

4,800

5,300

5,900

6,700

7,300

9,300

10,000

8,000

7,700

8,400

5,200

5,500

3,400

3,900

4,100

2,900

1,000

Economically inactive

2,900

2,300

2,600

3,300

3,000

3,600

3,100

2,800

2,900

3,100

3,300

3,400

3,200

3,000

2,800

3,300

3,600

4,100

7,200

18,900

18,300

19,200

18,200

17,800

21,200

22,300

22,500

21,400

20,800

20,700

18,100

17,600

13,600

14,400

15,300

11,800

15,900

11,500

Not NEET

51,900

53,200

52,700

53,600

53,100

52,100

50,400

50,100

49,500

48,800

48,100

47,100

45,200

44,200

43,500

43,300

44,500

44,400

89,800

91,600

93,400

96,100

97,400

94,600

94,700

94,400

95,400

96,800

95,100

94,800

96,200

97,500

96,900

95,600

95,800

91,300

99,500

Total

57,100

57,500

57,900

58,700

59,400

58,900

57,500

56,000

55,000

54,500

54,200

53,100

51,500

50,000

48,900

48,700

49,600

51,100

52,600

112,900

114,700

117,300

119,500

121,200

122,500

124,300

126,200

126,800

125,600

123,400

121,400

119,000

116,600

114,600

114,800

111,700

110,200

112,100

Per cent

NEET

9.1

7.4

8.2

10.2

9.6

9.8

9.3

9.9

8.9

9.2

9.9

9.4

8.4

9.6

10.8

12.8

12.9

15.5

20.5

20.2

20.4

19.6

22.8

23.8

25.2

24.8

22.9

23.0

21.9

19.2

16.4

15.5

16.7

14.2

17.1

11.2

NEET

ILO unemployed

4.1

3.4

3.6

4.6

4.7

3.7

3.9

4.9

3.7

3.6

3.8

3.0

2.2

3.6

3.8

4.0

5.6

4.9

1.8

3.7

4.2

4.1

4.4

4.9

5.4

5.9

7.4

7.9

6.4

6.2

6.9

4.4

4.7

2.9

3.4

3.7

2.7

0.9

Economically inactive

5.0

4.1

4.5

5.7

5.0

6.1

5.5

5.0

5.3

5.6

6.0

6.3

6.2

5.9

5.7

6.8

7.2

8.0

13.7

16.8

15.9

16.3

15.2

14.7

17.3

18.0

17.8

16.9

16.6

16.8

14.9

14.8

11.6

12.6

13.3

10.5

14.5

10.3

Not NEET

90.9

92.6

91.8

89.8

90.4

90.2

90.7

90.1

91.1

90.8

90.1

90.6

91.6

90.4

89.2

87.2

87.1

84.5

79.5

79.8

79.6

80.4

77.2

76.2

74.8

75.2

77.1

77.0

78.1

80.8

83.6

84.5

83.3

85.8

82.9

88.8

Total

100.0

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General description

These data provide information on participation of 16-24 year olds not in education,training and employment by selected age groups, and economic activity.

Contact: Post16ed.stats@gov.wales

Data collection and calculation

Source: ONS ( Mid Year Population Estimates & Annual Population Survey), HESA, Welsh Government Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR), Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC)

The Annual Population Survey is used to estimate the following proportions:
• Labour market status of those in full-time education;
• Labour market status of those in part-time education;
• Full-time and part-time employment of those in Work Based Learning, who are employed;
• Employer sponsored 'off-the-job' training for those in employment.

The LLWR is used to estimate the following proportion:
• Labour market status of those engaged in Work Based Learning.
These proportions are then applied to the numbers known to be in education, work-based learning and the total population to derive estimates of participation by education and employment. For Work Based Learners, the labour market status at the start of the learning programme collected via the LLWR is used with the addition of some APS data to estimate the proportions in full-time and part-time employment.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is published annually. 2022 data is provisional.

Users, uses and context

Provides policy makers and those working with young people with data to monitor trends in participation and assess the impact of education and labour market interventions on young people.

Rounding applied

Data are rounded to the nearest one hundred. Due to rounding the sums of rows or columns may not add to the total figure given.

Revisions information

2022 figures are provisional and will be finalised in next year's publication, due for release in July 2024.

Title

Estimated 16-24 year olds not in education, training or employment in Wales, by gender, economic activity, and selected age groups

Last update

October 2023

Next update

July 2024 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Source 2

Lifelong Learning Wales Record, Welsh Government

Contact email

LabourMarket.Stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

There were changes made in the methodology used to derive the participation estimates introduced for the year end 2004 edition. Care should be taken when comparing these estimates with estimates from year end 2004 onwards.

The economic status proportions are estimated from the Annual Population Survey. Therefore, these estimates will be subject to variation due to sampling error and also non-sampling error and should be treated with caution.

Weblinks

http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/participation-young-people-education-labour-market

Keywords

Participation, NEET

Name

EDUC0091