NEET (not in employment, education, or training): Young people who are unemployed (part of the labour force) and not engaged in education or training, and those not in the labour force and not engaged in education or training for many reasons.
NEET rate: The total number of youth who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET), as a proportion of the youth working-age population.
Data calculation/treatment
Due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 in the June and September 2020 quarters, several seasonally adjusted series were specially treated to maintain a consistent estimate of the seasonal pattern.
Changes to data collection/processing
This release incorporates revisions to historical household labour force survey data to account for the latest national population estimates. As such, figures published in this update may differ from those previously published.
At URL provided, select 'Work income and spending > Household Labour Force Survey - HLF > Youth NEET by Regional Council by Age (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.
From the dataset Household Labour Force Survey: Youth NEET by Regional Council by Age (Quarterly) March 2026, this data was extracted:
Rows: 5-93
Columns: 2-270
Provided: 12,015 data points
Dataset originally released on:
May 06, 2026
Purpose of collection
The primary purpose of the survey is to estimate the number of people employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force (NILF), and from them, the unemployment rate for the New Zealand labour market. The Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) is designed to produce statistics at the family level, and use of the survey for a purpose for which it was not designed is inevitably subject to some limitations.