Early school leavers in Berlin
In Berlin, 15.7% of people aged 18 to 24 had left education and training early in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2008. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Berlin, 2025
15.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
Germany, 2025
13.1%
Position in 2025
29th of 226
Early school leavers in Berlin 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 | Berlin | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.7% | 13.1% |
| 2024 | 15.6%b (break in time series) | 13.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2023 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | 12.5% |
| 2021 | 10.9%b (break in time series) | 12.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 10.4%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 10.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 11.6% | 10.3% |
| 2018 | 13.6% | 10.3% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | 10.1% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | 10.1% |
| 2014 | 13.5%b (break in time series) | 9.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 12.2% | 9.8% |
| 2012 | 13.4%b (break in time series) | 10.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 13.2% | 11.6% |
| 2010 | 14.4%b (break in time series) | 11.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 14.1% | 11.1% |
| 2008 | 15.7%b (break in time series) | 11.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 15.3% | 12.5% |
| 2006 | 18.4% | 13.7% |
| 2005 | 16.9%b (break in time series) | 13.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 16.5% | 12.1% |
| 2003 | 15.3%b (break in time series) | 12.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2002 | 16.7% | 12.5% |
| 2001 | 15.5% | 12.3% |
Flags: b break in time series; bu break in time series, low reliability . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 15.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 13.9%, the figure has changed by +1.8 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.
- Among the 226 regions with data for 2025, Berlin has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 13.1%.