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Working while studying: Which EU countries have the highest rates and why?

Working while studying is not the norm for most employees in the EU. However, financial necessity and career ambition may motivate some to do so.

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00:00Where in Europe do students work the most?
00:07More than one in four young Europeans aged between 15 and 29 were working and studying at the same time in 2024.
00:15This situation was most common in the Netherlands at 74.3%, Denmark at 56.4% and Germany at 45.8%.
00:26In contrast, Romania, Greece and Croatia reported the lowest shares among EU countries.
00:32More than 7 in 10 young people remained outside the labor force while studying.
00:38Meanwhile, 3.2% were unemployed but actively looking for a job.
00:42The highest shares of unemployed young people in formal education were recorded in Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
00:49On the other hand, in Romania, Croatia, Czechia and Hungary, less than 1% of young people were seeking employment.
00:5774.4% of women aged between 15 and 19 were out of the job market compared with 70.4% of men of the same age.
01:08This may suggest that they prefer to focus on education in their younger years.
01:13Data also shows that women tend to enroll more in formal education than men.
01:18However, when not in education, they are less likely to be employed or seeking employment,
01:23as seen by the lower employment rates and higher shares of inactivity compared with men.
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