New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Disabled young people in the UK were more than three times as likely as their non-disabled peers to be outside education, employment or training, according to official figures published on November 4. The comparison highlights the unequal barriers facing young people as they try to enter adult working life.

The rate was 30.2% among disabled 16-24-year-olds, compared with 8.6% among non-disabled young people, in the financial year ending March 2026. Disabled young people accounted for 45.3% of those classified as not in education, employment or training, commonly abbreviated to NEET.

Those are different measures: the first compares the rate within each group, while the second describes the composition of the NEET pop...