Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
In the European Union, three out of four people (74.7%) aged 15-29 who were not in formal education were employed in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 25.2% for those who were in formal education. According to the figures published by the European Statistics Office "Eurostat" on Monday in Brussels, it also stated:
The employment rate of 15-29-year-olds without formal education was highest in Malta (87.9%), the Netherlands (87.1%) and Sweden (86.8%), while less than two-thirds were employed in Italy (59.9%). %), Romania (64.3%) and Greece (64.5%).
The data show that the employment rate of people in formal education differs significantly from one Member State to another and to a greater extent than the employment rate of people who have not been in formal education.
 In the second quarter of 2022, it ranged from more than 40% in the Netherlands (74.0%), Denmark (51.0%), Finland (49.0%), Germany (43.8%) and Austria (40.6%) to less than 6%. in Romania (2.5%), Slovakia (5.1%) and Hungary (5.6%).
Compared to the second quarter of 2021, the employment rate increased by 3.1 percentage points (pp) in the second quarter of 2022 for those without formal education and 2.4 percentage points for those in formal education.
During this period, Lithuania, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Italy recorded the largest increases in the employment rate of young people aged 15-29 who were not in formal education (ranging from +8.7 to +6.0), while Slovenia, Romania and Finland and the Czech Republic recorded decreases ranging from +8.7 to +6.0 From -5.4 to -0.4 .
In terms of people in formal education, the largest increases were recorded in Ireland (+8.0), Finland (+4.7), the Netherlands and Lithuania (both +4.5) and Cyprus (+4.2). In contrast, three Member States recorded a decrease: Luxembourg (-5.1), Malta (-3.0) and Belgium (-0.3).

Integration of young people into the labor market

Comparing the employment rates of 15-29-year-olds not participating in formal education with those aged 30-54 not attending formal education gives a clearer idea of ​​the level of integration of young people into the labor market.
At the EU level, the difference between the two categories was 8.5 points in the second quarter of 2022. Among the EU member states, the smallest difference between employment rates was recorded in the Netherlands, which is the only country with a youth employment rate. It slightly exceeded the employment rate for people aged 30-54 (by 0.3 percentage points). It is followed by Malta and Ireland, with the employment rate of people aged 15-29, respectively, 0.3 points and 2.0 points lower than the rate of people aged 30-54.
In Slovenia, Romania, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and the Czech Republic, the employment rate of young people who are not enrolled in formal education is much lower than the employment rate of young people aged 30-54 years (difference 11.5 pages or more).