The headline says
A record 35% of people aged 18-24 were classed as ‘inactive’ this year, driven by a mental health crisis.
The FT article references this as its source of data - https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief#dataBlock-58d70635-dc1a-4172-997b-fb5bc73d7166-tables .
But that source says
The percentage of the population defined as ‘not in education, employment or training’ (NEET) in 2023 is estimated to be 11.9%. This is 0.5 percentage points lower compared to the same period in 2022 where the estimated figure was 12.3%.
So where is FT getting its figures from? Or did they just pretend that training is the same thing as inactivity? (•_•)
Anyone who hasn’t played this game should do so now. It’s a thing of real beauty.