Japan was home to an estimated 520,000 NEETs in 2003, six times 1997's number. Statistical models that include individuals thought to be missed in sampling give an even larger estimate of more than 1.4 million NEETs.
截至 2003 年，共有 52 萬名尼特族，是 1997 年的 6 倍之多；若加上統計學上的隱藏人口數，日本的尼特族估計突破 140 萬人。