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44,600 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are without a job or education. This is an increase of approximately 1,800 individuals over the past year.

The government's top priority: numbers moving in the wrong direction

At the Preparatory Basic Education (FGU) in Fårevejle, Odsherred Municipality, young people under 25 who aren't yet pursuing a youth education program are attending. Foto: Finn Frandsen
At the Preparatory Basic Education (FGU) in Fårevejle, Odsherred Municipality, young people under 25 who aren't yet pursuing a youth education program are attending. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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Thousands of young people across the country have nothing to get up for in the morning. Neither colleagues at work nor friends in education.

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