Early school leavers in Brandenburg

In Brandenburg, 17.6% of people aged 18 to 24 had left education and training early in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Early leavers from education and training, by region Unit: % of people aged 18 to 24 Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Brandenburg, 2025 17.6% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 +2.9percentage points 2024: 14.7%
Germany, 2025 13.1% Country total
Position in 2025 21st of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Brandenburg 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 BrandenburgGermany
2025 17.6% 13.1%
2024 14.7%bu (break in time series, low reliability) 13.5%b (break in time series)
2023 10.5%u (low reliability) 13.0%
2022 11.7%u (low reliability) 12.5%
2021 16.2%bu (break in time series, low reliability) 12.3%b (break in time series)
2020 not availablebu (break in time series, low reliability) 10.1%b (break in time series)
2019 10.8% 10.3%
2018 11.6% 10.3%
2017 12.4% 10.1%
2016 11.0% 10.3%
2015 11.9% 10.1%
2014 9.0%b (break in time series) 9.5%b (break in time series)
2013 10.6% 9.8%
2012 10.2%b (break in time series) 10.5%b (break in time series)
2011 10.3% 11.6%
2010 9.6%b (break in time series) 11.8%b (break in time series)
2009 9.0% 11.1%
2008 9.2%b (break in time series) 11.8%b (break in time series)
2007 10.9% 12.5%
2006 10.6% 13.7%
2005 10.7%b (break in time series) 13.5%b (break in time series)
2004 10.8% 12.1%
2003 9.6%b (break in time series) 12.8%b (break in time series)
2002 7.2% 12.5%
2001 7.1% 12.3%

Flags: b break in time series; bu break in time series, low reliability; u low reliability . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.9 percentage points from 14.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.0%, the figure has changed by +8.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 226 regions with data for 2025, Brandenburg has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for Germany in 2025 was 13.1%.

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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 Brandenburg
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat