1、Urban-rural Europe-education and trainingStatistics ExplainedSource:Statistics Explained(https:/ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexplained/)-03/11/20231Data extracted:October 2022.Planned article update:December 2024.More than half(51.4%)of all young adults(2534 years)living in EU cities had a tertia

2、ry level ofeducational attainment in 2021.In 2021,the share of young people(1529 years)neither in employment nor in education and training washigher among the subpopulation living in towns and suburbs(13.9%)and rural areas(13.7%),while it waslower for those living in cities(12.2%).This article prese

3、nts data following the natural progression of pupils and students through different levels of theeducation system(according to the International standard classification of education(ISCED),before analysingtransitions from education into the labour market and the participation of adults in education

4、and learning.Source:Eurostat(edat_lfse_18)Based on the latest information available,there were 93.3 million pupils and students enrolled across the EuropeanUnion(EU)in 2020;this figure covers all levels of education from early childhood education through to doctoral(PhD)studies,as covered by ISCED l

5、evels 08.Across the EU,a relatively large share of young people below the age of 20 years were outside of the labour forcein 2021.For most,this was because they continued in full-time education and/or training;as such,they were notworking nor looking for work.As people move through their twenties,an

6、 increasing number are outside theeducation system,often in work or looking for work.The share of young women in the EU who were employed wasconsistently lower than the corresponding share among young men for each of the five-year age classes between20 and 34 years.This reflects,at least in part,the