According to data published by Eurostat on Monday 25 November, 25.7% of young people in the European Union aged between 15 and 29 combine education and employment. However, behind this figure there are inequalities between Member States.
In the Netherlands (74.5%), Denmark (52.6%) and Austria (46.2%), the highest proportion of young people work while studying.
By contrast, Romania (2.3%), Slovakia (5.8%) and Hungary (6.1%) have the lowest rates.
Among young formal education graduates available for and actively seeking employment in the EU, the proportions reach 13.8% in Sweden, 8.3% in Finland and 6.9% in Denmark, but remain below 1% in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland.
Finally, there are still disparities between genders. In 2023, in the 20-24 age bracket, women were exclusively enrolled in education at a rate 5.8 percentage points higher than that of men.
Generally speaking, women participate less in the labour market than men, whether or not they are in education. More specifically, the proportion of women aged 25-29 who are not in education and are outside the labour force is 10 percentage points higher than that of men.
See the data: https://aeur.eu/f/ek5 (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)