Trend Explorer · diagnostic analytics
Inspect the NEET 16–24 series from every analytical angle: rates, composition, cohorts, gender divergence, structural breaks, and a transparent next-quarter projection. Source: ONS LFS · release January to March 2026.
NEET rate (%) — People
Total, Unemployed and Inactive NEET (thousands)
Unemployed vs Inactive decomposition (stacked)
Movement vs 95% CI
Movement is below the 95% confidence interval but non-trivial. Monitor next release for persistence.
Anomaly markers (>2σ QoQ shifts)
3 anomaly quarters flagged: Jan-Mar 2021, Apr-Jun 2021, Oct-Dec 2022.
16–17 vs 18–24 cohort comparison (rate %)
Cohort split is within historical norms; no age-specific anomaly.
Men vs Women divergence
Both sexes moving roughly in parallel — pressure looks system-wide rather than sex-specific.
Pressure projection — next quarter
⚠ Pressure signal, not an official forecast. Do not cite as a prediction of the next ONS release.
Last observation + median QoQ drift over 7 recent deltas; PI from std of those deltas.
Release comparison · latest vs previous publication
Bars show how the latest release (JM26) differs from the previous release (OD25) for each overlapping quarter.