Early leavers from education and training by country, 2025
People aged 18 to 24 who have at most lower secondary education and were not in any education or training in the four weeks before the survey.
34 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Türkiye (17.9%). Lowest: Croatia (2.1%). The median is 7.4%.
Highest 10
Lowest 10
- 34. Croatia 2.1%u (low reliability)
- 33. Greece 3.0%
- 32. Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.0%
- 31. Ireland 3.6%
- 30. Norway 3.8%
- 29. Poland 4.0%
- 28. Serbia 5.1%
- 27. Luxembourg 5.2%u (low reliability)
- 26. Switzerland 5.5%
- 25. Slovenia 5.5%
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Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Türkiye (17.9%) and the lowest Croatia (2.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 7.4% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 13 countries and fell in 20.
- 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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Iceland | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Romania | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Germany | 13.1% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Spain | 12.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 6 | Estonia | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Austria | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Denmark | 10.0%b (break in time series) | 2025 | |
| 9 | Finland | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Cyprus | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 11 | North Macedonia | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Hungary | 9.3% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Latvia | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Malta | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Italy | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Netherlands | 7.4% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Belgium | 7.3% | 2025 | |
| 19 | France | 7.2%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 20 | Slovakia | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Sweden | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Czechia | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Portugal | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Lithuania | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Slovenia | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Switzerland | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 5.2%u (low reliability) | 2025 | |
| 28 | Serbia | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Poland | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Norway | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Ireland | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Greece | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Croatia | 2.1%u (low reliability) | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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