Table 1
Employment and education status of youth age 15 to 29 in selected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries
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| In educationNote 1 | Employed | Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total NEET | Unemployed | Not in labour force | |||
| % | |||||
| Total age 15 to 29 | |||||
| Canada | 42.8 | 43.9 | 13.3 | 5.7 | 7.6 |
| France | 44.0 | 40.5 | 15.6 | 9.0 | 6.6 |
| Germany | 52.4 | 36.0 | 11.6 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| Italy | 45.3 | 33.5 | 21.2 | 7.5 | 13.7 |
| United Kingdom | 40.4 | 43.9 | 15.6 | 7.0 | 8.6 |
| United States | 45.7 | 37.4 | 16.9 | 6.7 | 10.2 |
| 15 to 19 | |||||
| Canada | 80.3 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| France | 89.7 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Germany | 92.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Italy | 83.8 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
| United Kingdom | 78.3 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| United States | 84.7 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 5.4 |
| 20 to 24 | |||||
| Canada | 38.0 | 46.7 | 15.3 | 7.0 | 8.3 |
| France | 39.4 | 40.9 | 19.8 | 13.0 | 6.8 |
| Germany | 48.5 | 37.8 | 13.7 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| Italy | 42.3 | 32.9 | 24.8 | 10.7 | 14.1 |
| United Kingdom | 31.5 | 49.3 | 19.1 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| United States | 38.7 | 41.2 | 20.1 | 8.7 | 11.4 |
| 25 to 29 | |||||
| Canada | 11.9 | 71.8 | 16.3 | 6.6 | 9.7 |
| France | 4.9 | 75.4 | 19.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Germany | 18.6 | 64.5 | 16.9 | 7.1 | 9.8 |
| Italy | 15.7 | 57.9 | 26.4 | 8.2 | 18.2 |
| United Kingdom | 13.2 | 68.9 | 18.0 | 6.3 | 11.7 |
| United States | 13.5 | 64.7 | 21.8 | 8.0 | 13.8 |
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1. Includes students with and without jobs. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) database, 2009. |
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