Early leavers from education and training, by region
People aged 18 to 24 who have completed at most lower secondary education and are not in further education or training, as a share of all people of that age in the region.
Highest in 2025
46.3%
Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır
Lowest in 2025
1.4%u (low reliability)
Kentriki Makedonia
European Union, 2025
9.1%
Official aggregate published by the source
Regions ranked for 2025
226
Updated by the source on 30 October 2026
226 regions have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of people aged 18 to 24. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır | Flevoland | Kentriki Makedonia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.1% | 46.3% | 9.1% | 1.4%u (low reliability) |
| 2024 | 9.6% | 48.7% | 6.8% | 1.2%bu (break in time series, low reliability) |
| 2023 | 9.6% | 46.1% | 8.2% | 1.3%u (low reliability) |
| 2022 | 9.6% | 46.5% | 7.3% | 1.3%u (low reliability) |
| 2021 | 9.7%b (break in time series) | 47.7%b (break in time series) | 9.8%b (break in time series) | 1.7%bu (break in time series, low reliability) |
| 2020 | 10.0% | 55.0% | 9.0% | 1.3%u (low reliability) |
| 2019 | 10.1% | 52.6% | 9.6%b (break in time series) | 2.0%u (low reliability) |
| 2018 | 10.5% | 51.8% | 8.9% | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 10.5% | 52.4% | 8.3% | 5.0% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | 58.4% | 9.1% | 5.0% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | 62.0% | 13.5% | 7.8% |
| 2014 | 11.1%b (break in time series) | 64.1%b (break in time series) | 10.6%b (break in time series) | 8.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 11.8% | 59.7% | 9.9%b (break in time series) | 8.1% |
| 2012 | 12.6% | 63.0% | 9.0% | 7.8% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | 59.5% | 9.0% | 8.8% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | 63.6% | 11.8% | 9.1% |
| 2009 | 14.0% | 70.2% | 14.5% | 9.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2008 | 14.3% | 72.2% | 15.1% | 10.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 14.7% | 68.0% | 15.6% | 12.6% |
| 2006 | 15.2%b (break in time series) | 70.3% | 12.8%b (break in time series) | 15.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 15.6% | – | 17.1%b (break in time series) | 12.4% |
| 2004 | 16.0% | – | 17.1% | 12.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2003 | 16.4%b (break in time series) | – | 19.1%b (break in time series) | 13.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2002 | 16.9% | – | 14.8% | 12.9% |
| 2001 | – | – | 17.6% | 13.7%b (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; u low reliability; bu break in time series, low reliability . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 226 regions with a value for 2025, the highest is Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır (46.3%) and the lowest Kentriki Makedonia (1.4%).
- Half of the regions are above 9.1% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 96 regions and fell in 122.
- The figure for the European Union was 9.1% in 2025, against 10.0% in 2020 (−0.9 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.
About this measure
Before comparing
- Some small regions have no published value because the survey sample is too small.
Source and dates
All regions in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the regions are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 46.3%
- 2 Mayotte 38.9%
- 3 Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 35.5%
- 4 Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 33.5%
- 5 Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 31.8%
- 6 Guyane 25.5%
- 7 Sud-Est 25.1%
- 8 Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 24.5%
- 9 Região Autónoma dos Açores 21.1%u (low reliability)
- 10 Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak 20.9%
- 11 Región de Murcia 20.6%
- 12 Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 20.0%
- 13 Konya, Karaman 19.3%
- 14 Yugoiztochen 18.9%
- 15 Észak-Magyarország 18.8%
- 16 Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik 18.7%
- 17 Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 18.6%
- 18 Centru 18.3%
- 19 Sud-Muntenia 18.1%
- 20 Sud-Vest Oltenia 18.0%
- 21 Brandenburg 17.6%
- 22 Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 17.5%
- 23 Ísland 16.7%
- 24 Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 16.4%
- 25 Düsseldorf 16.2%
- 26 Canarias 15.9%
- 27 Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 15.9%
- 28 Arnsberg 15.8%
- 29 Berlin 15.7%
- 30 Castilla-La Mancha 15.7%
- 31 Koblenz 15.7%u (low reliability)
- 32 Adana, Mersin 15.5%
- 33 Basse-Normandie 15.5%
- 34 La Rioja 15.5%u (low reliability)
- 35 Gießen 15.3%u (low reliability)
- 36 Illes Balears 15.2%
- 37 Severozapaden 15.2%
- 38 İzmir 15.2%
- 39 Sachsen-Anhalt 15.1%u (low reliability)
- 40 Braunschweig 15.0%u (low reliability)
- 41 Extremadura 15.0%
- 42 Hannover 15.0%u (low reliability)
- 43 Schleswig-Holstein 14.7%
- 44 Észak-Alföld 14.7%
- 45 Münster 14.6%
- 46 Andalucía 14.5%
- 47 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 14.5%u (low reliability)
- 48 Comunitat Valenciana 14.4%
- 49 Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 14.4%
- 50 Weser-Ems 14.3%
- 51 Ciudad de Melilla 14.2%u (low reliability)
- 52 Wien 14.1%
- 53 Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 13.8%
- 54 Nord-Vest 13.8%
- 55 Sicilia 13.7%
- 56 Sardegna 13.6%
- 57 Thüringen 13.6%u (low reliability)
- 58 Cataluña 13.5%
- 59 Köln 13.4%
- 60 Algarve 13.2%u (low reliability)
- 61 La Réunion 13.2%
- 62 Schwaben 13.1%u (low reliability)
- 63 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 13.0%u (low reliability)
- 64 Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 12.9%
- 65 Darmstadt 12.8%
- 66 Lüneburg 12.8%u (low reliability)
- 67 Nord-Est 12.8%
- 68 Sjælland 12.7%b (break in time series)
- 69 Prov. Liège 12.6%
- 70 Stuttgart 12.6%
- 71 Champagne-Ardenne 12.5%
- 72 Severozápad 12.4%
- 73 Aragón 12.3%
- 74 Aydın, Denizli, Muğla 12.2%
- 75 Etelä-Suomi 12.1%
- 76 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 12.1%
- 77 Syddanmark 12.1%b (break in time series)
- 78 Unterfranken 12.1%u (low reliability)
- 79 İstanbul 12.1%
- 80 Východné Slovensko 11.8%
- 81 Freiburg 11.7%u (low reliability)
- 82 Balıkesir, Çanakkale 11.6%
- 83 Dél-Dunántúl 11.5%
- 84 Detmold 11.2%u (low reliability)
- 85 Karlsruhe 11.1%u (low reliability)
- 86 Midtjylland 11.1%b (break in time series)
- 87 Nordjylland 11.1%b (break in time series)
- 88 Severen tsentralen 11.1%u (low reliability)
- 89 Yuzhen tsentralen 10.9%
- 90 Oberösterreich 10.8%
- 91 Principado de Asturias 10.6%
- 92 Galicia 10.4%
- 93 Peloponnisos 10.4%u (low reliability)
- 94 Mittelfranken 10.3%u (low reliability)
- 95 Castilla y León 10.2%
- 96 Eesti 10.2%
- 97 Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop 10.2%
- 98 Prov. Hainaut 10.1%
- 99 Severoiztochen 10.1%
- 100 Drenthe 10.0%
- 101 Friesland 9.9%
- 102 Haute-Normandie 9.8%
- 103 Kýpros 9.8%
- 104 Toscana 9.8%
- 105 Campania 9.7%
- 106 Comunidad de Madrid 9.6%
- 107 Hamburg 9.6%u (low reliability)
- 108 Niederösterreich 9.6%
- 109 Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 9.6%
- 110 Severna Makedonija 9.5%
- 111 Limburg 9.4%
- 112 Liguria 9.3%
- 113 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 9.2%
- 114 Flevoland 9.1%
- 115 Aquitaine 9.0%
- 116 Languedoc-Roussillon 9.0%
- 117 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 9.0%
- 118 Cantabria 8.9%u (low reliability)
- 119 Helsinki-Uusimaa 8.9%
- 120 Közép-Dunántúl 8.9%
- 121 Norra Mellansverige 8.9%u (low reliability)
- 122 Zeeland 8.9%u (low reliability)
- 123 Latvija 8.8%
- 124 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 8.8%
- 125 Tirol 8.8%u (low reliability)
- 126 Vest 8.7%u (low reliability)
- 127 Malta 8.6%
- 128 Puglia 8.6%
- 129 Overijssel 8.5%
- 130 Noord-Brabant 8.3%
- 131 Prov. Namur 8.3%u (low reliability)
- 132 Nord-Pas de Calais 8.1%
- 133 Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane 8.0%
- 134 Ankara 7.9%
- 135 Bucureşti-Ilfov 7.9%
- 136 Franche-Comté 7.9%u (low reliability)
- 137 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 7.9%
- 138 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 7.8%u (low reliability)
- 139 Dél-Alföld 7.8%
- 140 Oberbayern 7.8%
- 141 Basilicata 7.7%u (low reliability)
- 142 Marche 7.7%
- 143 Småland med öarna 7.7%u (low reliability)
- 144 Länsi-Suomi 7.6%
- 145 Veneto 7.6%
- 146 Pays de la Loire 7.5%
- 147 Gelderland 7.4%
- 148 Noord-Holland 7.2%
- 149 Piemonte 7.2%
- 150 Steiermark 7.1%u (low reliability)
- 151 Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın 7.1%
- 152 Lazio 6.9%
- 153 Région lémanique 6.9%
- 154 Östra Mellansverige 6.7%
- 155 Centre — Val de Loire 6.6%
- 156 Lombardia 6.6%
- 157 Poitou-Charentes 6.6%u (low reliability)
- 158 Stockholm 6.6%
- 159 Calabria 6.5%
- 160 Hovedstaden 6.5%b (break in time series)
- 161 Moravskoslezsko 6.5%
- 162 Alsace 6.4%
- 163 Lorraine 6.4%u (low reliability)
- 164 Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 6.4%
- 165 Jihozápad 6.3%
- 166 Zuid-Holland 6.3%
- 167 Picardie 6.2%u (low reliability)
- 168 Vzhodna Slovenija 6.2%u (low reliability)
- 169 Västsverige 6.2%
- 170 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 6.1%
- 171 Emilia-Romagna 6.0%
- 172 Jihovýchod 6.0%
- 173 Prov. Antwerpen 6.0%
- 174 Severovýchod 6.0%
- 175 Oeste e Vale do Tejo 5.9%u (low reliability)
- 176 Península de Setúbal 5.9%u (low reliability)
- 177 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 5.9%
- 178 Stredné Slovensko 5.9%u (low reliability)
- 179 Region Vojvodine 5.8%
- 180 Sydsverige 5.8%
- 181 Utrecht 5.8%
- 182 Střední Čechy 5.7%
- 183 Zentralschweiz 5.7%u (low reliability)
- 184 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 5.5%
- 185 Pest 5.5%
- 186 Auvergne 5.4%u (low reliability)
- 187 Beogradski region 5.4%
- 188 Espace Mittelland 5.4%
- 189 Nordwestschweiz 5.4%u (low reliability)
- 190 Rhône-Alpes 5.4%
- 191 Střední Morava 5.4%
- 192 Abruzzo 5.3%
- 193 Grande Lisboa 5.3%u (low reliability)
- 194 Ticino 5.3%u (low reliability)
- 195 Wielkopolskie 5.3%u (low reliability)
- 196 Luxembourg 5.2%u (low reliability)
- 197 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 5.2%u (low reliability)
- 198 Zürich 5.2%
- 199 Bourgogne 5.0%u (low reliability)
- 200 Ile de France 5.0%
- 201 Norte 5.0%
- 202 Umbria 4.9%u (low reliability)
- 203 Zahodna Slovenija 4.8%u (low reliability)
- 204 Bretagne 4.7%
- 205 Nyugat-Dunántúl 4.7%u (low reliability)
- 206 Groningen 4.6%
- 207 Kriti 4.6%u (low reliability)
- 208 Vestlandet 4.5%u (low reliability)
- 209 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 4.4%u (low reliability)
- 210 Prov. Limburg 4.3%u (low reliability)
- 211 Dytiki Elláda 4.1%u (low reliability)
- 212 Ostschweiz 4.1%u (low reliability)
- 213 Centro 4.0%u (low reliability)
- 214 Midi-Pyrénées 4.0%
- 215 Eastern and Midland 3.8%u (low reliability)
- 216 País Vasco 3.6%
- 217 Budapest 3.5%u (low reliability)
- 218 Oslo og Viken 3.5%u (low reliability)
- 219 Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije 3.2%
- 220 Panonska Hrvatska 2.7%u (low reliability)
- 221 Yugozapaden 2.6%u (low reliability)
- 222 Attiki 2.4%
- 223 Sjeverna Hrvatska 2.3%u (low reliability)
- 224 Sostinės regionas 2.3%u (low reliability)
- 225 Jadranska Hrvatska 2.0%u (low reliability)
- 226 Kentriki Makedonia 1.4%u (low reliability)
- Austria 10.0%
- Belgium 7.3%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.0%
- Bulgaria 8.6%
- Croatia 2.1%u (low reliability)
- Cyprus 9.8%
- Czechia 6.1%
- Denmark 10.0%b (break in time series)
- Estonia 10.2%
- European Union 9.1%
- Finland 9.9%
- France 7.2%
- Germany 13.1%
- Greece 3.0%
- Hungary 9.3%
- Iceland 16.7%
- Ireland 3.6%
- Italy 8.2%
- Latvia 8.8%
- Lithuania 5.9%
- Luxembourg 5.2%u (low reliability)
- Malta 8.6%
- Netherlands 7.4%
- North Macedonia 9.5%
- Norway 3.8%
- Poland 4.0%
- Portugal 6.1%
- Romania 15.5%
- Serbia 5.1%
- Slovakia 6.8%
- Slovenia 5.5%
- Spain 12.8%
- Sweden 6.7%
- Switzerland 5.5%
- Türkiye 17.9%
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