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Estimated 16 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training in Wales by economic activity and age group

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Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [p] = provisional, [r] = revised.

Data values	Data description	Year	Age	Employment	Gender
7,500	Number	2004	16 to 18	ILO unemployed	Persons
5,200	Number	2004	16 to 18	ILO unemployed	Males
2,400	Number	2004	16 to 18	ILO unemployed	Females
5,500	Number	2004	16 to 18	Economically inactive	Persons
2,700	Number	2004	16 to 18	Economically inactive	Males
2,900	Number	2004	16 to 18	Economically inactive	Females
13,100	Number	2004	16 to 18	NEET	Persons
7,900	Number	2004	16 to 18	NEET	Males
5,200	Number	2004	16 to 18	NEET	Females
104,000	Number	2004	16 to 18	Not NEET	Persons
52,100	Number	2004	16 to 18	Not NEET	Males
51,900	Number	2004	16 to 18	Not NEET	Females
117,100	Number	2004	16 to 18	Total	Persons
60,000	Number	2004	16 to 18	Total	Males
57,100	Number	2004	16 to 18	Total	Females
10,700	Number	2004	19 to 24	ILO unemployed	Persons
6,500	Number	2004	19 to 24	ILO unemployed	Males
4,200	Number	2004	19 to 24	ILO unemployed	Females
26,200	Number	2004	19 to 24	Economically inactive	Persons
7,300	Number	2004	19 to 24	Economically inactive	Males
18,900	Number	2004	19 to 24	Economically inactive	Females
36,900	Number	2004	19 to 24	NEET	Persons
13,800	Number	2004	19 to 24	NEET	Males
23,100	Number	2004	19 to 24	NEET	Females
191,500	Number	2004	19 to 24	Not NEET	Persons

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Metadata

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Next update expected:November 2026

Updates

• 24th November 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider 1: Welsh Government
• Data source 1: Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC)
• Data provider 2: Higher Education Statistics Agency
• Data source 2: Student record
• Data provider 3: Welsh Government
• Data source 3: Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR)
• Data provider 4: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source 4: Annual Population Survey (APS)
• Data provider 5: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source 5: Mid-year population estimates

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  These data provide information on participation of 16 to 24 year olds in education, training and employment by selected age groups, and economic activity.

• Data collection or calculation:

  These statistics are derived from a number of administrative and survey based data sources, further information on each of the sources and the methodology for producing the estimates is available in the Participation of young people in education and the labour market: methodology note.

  Each annual release provides final data for previous years and provisional estimates for the latest year. Provisional estimates use the best data currently available for each aspect of participation. These include some final data, some provisional data and some modelling depending on the different sources of data. Estimates for previous years take into account final data not available at the time when they were originally published.

• Statistical quality:

  The methodology used to produce the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data has been updated from the 2022/23 academic year, impacting NEET estimates from 2022 onwards. The impacts of this methodology change on the estimates are small, with the difference in the higher education student population between the old and new methodology being less than 1 percentage point. Given this, no break in the time series is necessary, and comparisons before and after 2022 can still be made.

  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.

• 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.

• Related reports:
  • GOV.WALES Participation of young people in education and the labour market

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: labourmarket.stats@gov.wales