Early leavers from education and training in European Union
9.1% of people aged 18 to 24 in the European Union had left education early in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2002. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
9.1%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
Early leavers from education and training in European Union over time
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% of population aged 18 to 24. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.1% |
| 2024 | 9.6% |
| 2023 | 9.6% |
| 2022 | 9.6% |
| 2021 | 9.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 10.0% |
| 2019 | 10.1% |
| 2018 | 10.5% |
| 2017 | 10.5% |
| 2016 | 10.6% |
| 2015 | 11.0% |
| 2014 | 11.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 11.8% |
| 2012 | 12.6% |
| 2011 | 13.2% |
| 2010 | 13.8% |
| 2009 | 14.0% |
| 2008 | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 14.7% |
| 2006 | 15.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 16.0% |
| 2003 | 16.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2002 | 16.9% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 9.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 11.0%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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