Out-of-school youth in Portugal

Name: Out-of-school youth in Portugal
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Portugal, 0.1% of young people of upper secondary school age were not in school in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age % of youth of upper secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value carries the source flag “National estimate”.

Portugal, 2023 0.1%nat_est % of youth of upper secondary school age

Change from 2022 −0.3percentage points 2022: 0.4%

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 6.4% Middle value of 26 countries

Position in 2023 148th of 148 See the full ranking

Out-of-school youth in Portugal over time

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% of youth of upper secondary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age (% of youth of upper secondary school age), 2001 to 2023
Period	Portugal
2023	0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2022	0.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2021	0.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2020	0.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2019	0.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2018	0.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2017	1.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2016	1.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2015	0.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2014	0.4%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2013	1.2%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001	17.9%nat_est (National estimate)

Flags: nat_est National estimate; uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 0.4% in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 1.2%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
Among the 148 countries with data for 2023, Portugal has the 148th highest value.

More for Portugal

All statistics for Portugal

Out-of-school adolescents 0.5%nat_est 2023 · UNESCO UIS NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 8.0% 2025 · Eurostat Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 42.5% 2025 · Eurostat Early leavers from education and training 6.1% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 16.9% 2025 · Eurostat ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 7.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: ROFST.3.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2001 to 2023 for Portugal
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org