IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 3 Unemployment, NEET and educational status in selected European countries among those aged 16-29, 2012 (thousands)

From: Youth unemployment in Greece: measuring the challenge

Greece	Student	Non-student	Total	Portugal	Student	Non-student	Total	Spain	Student	Non-student	Total
Employed	32	479	511	Employed	89	652	742	Employed	346	2,120	2,466
Unemployed	36	359	396	Unemployed	57	224	281	Unemployed	372	1,394	1,766
Inactive	729	131	860	Inactive	681	94	776	Inactive	2,674	519	3,193
Total	676	970	1,646	Total	701	970	1,671	Total	3,016	4,033	7,049
Unemployment Rate	53.5%	42.8%	43.6%	Unemployment Rate	38.8%	25.5%	27.4%	Unemployment Rate	51.8%	39.7%	41.7%
NEET Rate			27.8%	NEET Rate			17.7%	NEET Rate			25.8%
Germany	Student	Non-student	Total	France	Student	Non-student	Total	Sweden	Student	Non-student	Total
Employed	2,797	5,423	8,221	Employed	793	4,224	5,017	Employed	229	731	960
Unemployed	127	517	644	Unemployed	92	1,004	1,096	Unemployed	92	110	202
Inactive	4,646	863	5,509	Inactive	4,208	885	5,093	Inactive	582	93	675
Total	7,416	6,803	14,218	Total	5,093	6,113	11,206	Total	819	934	1,753
Unemployment Rate	4.3%	8.7%	7.3%	Unemployment Rate	10.4%	19.2%	17.9%	Unemployment Rate	28.7%	13.0%	17.4%
NEET Rate			9.6%	NEET Rate			16.9%	NEET Rate			11.0%
Ireland	Student	Non-student	Total	UK	Student	Non-student	Total
Employed	71	315	386	Employed	1,422	5,733	7,154
Unemployed	14	102	116	Unemployed	312	992	1,304
Inactive	299	92	391	Inactive	2,985	1,019	4,004
Total	333	509	842	Total	4,591	7,744	12,335
Unemployment Rate	16.7%	24.5%	23.2%	Unemployment Rate	18.0%	14.8%	15.4%
			21.7%	NEET Rate			16.1%

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