Early school leavers in Algarve

In Algarve, 13.2% of people aged 18 to 24 had left education and training early in 2025.

Measure: Early leavers from education and training, by region Unit: % of people aged 18 to 24 Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Low reliability”.
Algarve, 2025 13.2%u (Low reliability) % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 +1.6percentage points 2024: 11.6%
Portugal, 2025 6.1% Country total
Position in 2025 60th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Algarve 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.

Early leavers from education and training, by region (% of people aged 18 to 24), 2001 to 2025
Period AlgarvePortugal
2025 13.2%u (low reliability) 6.1%
2024 11.6%u (low reliability) 6.6%
2023 16.0%u (low reliability) 8.1%
2022 11.8%u (low reliability) 6.3%
2021 not availablebu (break in time series, low reliability) 6.4%b (break in time series)
2020 not availableu (low reliability) 9.1%
2019 19.9% 10.5%
2018 20.1% 11.6%
2017 17.0% 12.6%
2016 16.7% 13.9%
2015 15.8% 13.5%
2014 21.9%b (break in time series) 17.3%b (break in time series)
2013 20.5% 18.7%
2012 19.5% 20.5%
2011 25.0%b (break in time series) 22.8%b (break in time series)
2010 29.9% 28.3%
2009 29.3% 30.9%
2008 37.7% 34.9%
2007 36.2% 36.5%
2006 35.9%b (break in time series) 38.5%b (break in time series)
2005 37.1% 38.3%
2004 36.3%b (break in time series) 39.3%b (break in time series)
2003 41.4% 41.2%
2002 46.0% 45.0%
2001 43.4% 44.3%

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

  • That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 11.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2013, when it was 20.5%, the figure has changed by −7.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 226 regions with data for 2025, Algarve has the 60th highest value.
  • The figure for Portugal in 2025 was 6.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
edat_lfse_16 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y18-24 unit=PC
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for Algarve
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat