Early school leavers in Cataluña

In Cataluña, 13.5% of people aged 18 to 24 had left education and training early in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest 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
Cataluña, 2025 13.5% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 13.7%
Spain, 2025 12.8% Country total
Position in 2025 58th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Cataluña 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 CataluñaSpain
2025 13.5% 12.8%
2024 13.7% 13.0%
2023 14.8% 13.7%
2022 17.5% 13.9%
2021 14.9%b (break in time series) 13.3%b (break in time series)
2020 17.4% 16.0%
2019 19.0% 17.3%
2018 17.0% 17.9%
2017 17.0% 18.3%
2016 18.0% 19.0%
2015 18.9% 20.0%
2014 22.2%b (break in time series) 21.9%b (break in time series)
2013 24.7% 23.6%
2012 24.2% 24.7%
2011 26.2% 26.3%
2010 28.9% 28.2%
2009 31.9% 30.9%
2008 32.9% 31.7%
2007 31.2% 30.8%
2006 28.5%b (break in time series) 30.3%b (break in time series)
2005 33.1%b (break in time series) 31.0%b (break in time series)
2004 34.1% 32.2%
2003 34.3%b (break in time series) 31.7%b (break in time series)
2002 31.3% 30.9%
2001 30.1% 29.7%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 13.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.9%, the figure has changed by −5.4 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, Cataluña has the 58th highest value.
  • The figure for Spain in 2025 was 12.8%.

Source and dates

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