The number of 20 to 24-year-olds in Germany who were neither employed nor doing training or studies rose to 10% in 2025 as part of a continuing trend, new figures have shown.
In 2022, the figure was 8.8%, the Federal Statistical Office said, using international comparative data from the European statistics authority Eurostat.
However, the figure from Germany is relatively low among all 27 EU nations and below the average of 12.9% for the bloc.
The Netherlands had the lowest percentage of people in the 20-24 age group who were unemployed or not doing some professional training, at 5.6%.
The figure was highest in Romania (22.8%), Bulgaria (17.3%) and France (16.2%).
Young people in rural areas of Germany were less likely than those in big cities to fall into the category (7.9% and 10.6% respectively).
