31. The UK now sits above the average youth NEET rate for high-income countries, the EU and the OECD . In 2025 the EU average for 15 to 24-year-olds was 9%, compared with 12.8% for 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK at the end of 2025 (Figure 2). The gap is no longer just with the strongest performers. I...