YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Employment and entrepreneurship  131 In addition to these findings, the high participation rate of young people in the education system has a significant impact on the official unem- ployment rate among Slovenian young people. According to Eurostat, 75.5% of the young population (15-24) in Slovenia was enrolled in formal, full-time education at the secondary and tertiary level in 2018, compared to an EU-27 average of around 64%. Eurostat statistics confirm that Slovenia is also doing quite well in tack- ling early school leaving or complete inactivity of young people in edu- cation or employment. In 2019, 4.6% of young people (18-24) in Slovenia left school early, thus (almost) reaching the national target for this indi- cator (5%) set in the Europe 2020 strategy. Slovenia is performing simi- larly well in terms of the share of young people (15-29) who are neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET). In Slovenia, the share is around 9% (2019) and has been consistently below the EU-28 average for the last 15 years. Figure 3.8: Proportions of young people who are neither employed nor enrolled in an educational and training (NEET) programme. European Union - 28 (2013-2020) Slovenia 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 15.3 15.0 14.0 13.2 13.1 14.8 15.3 15.4 15.9 15.9 15.4 14.8 14.2 13.4 12.9 12.5 8.2 9.7 9.7 8.2 7.5 9.3 9.4 11.8 11.8 12.9 12.9 12.3 10.9 9.3 8.8 8.8 0% Source: EUROSTAT – Young people neither in employment nor in education and training by sex, age and labour status (NEET rates – yth_empl_150).