(ANSA) - Rome, June 28 - Italy has the highest proportion of
20-34-year-olds in the European Union not in education,
employment or training (NEETs), Eurostat said Friday.
This was despite a drop last year from 29.5% to 28.9%,
Eurostat said.
This was still almost twice the EU average of 16.5%, it said.
The eurozone average was 17.2%.
The second worst EU country was Greece with 26.8% of NEETs.
Combining the Eurostat data with ISTAT figures, the number of
NEETs in Italy is over three million.
Italy top in EU for NEETs
28.9% in 2018 compared to EU average of 16.5%