Early school leavers in Centro

In Centro, 4.0% 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 2019. 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: 2019 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Low reliability”.
Centro, 2025 4.0%u (Low reliability) % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 −2.2percentage points 2024: 6.2%
Portugal, 2025 6.1% Country total
Position in 2025 213th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Centro 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 CentroPortugal
2025 4.0%u (low reliability) 6.1%
2024 6.2%u (low reliability) 6.6%
2023 7.2%u (low reliability) 8.1%
2022 4.9%u (low reliability) 6.3%
2021 6.3%bu (break in time series, low reliability) 6.4%b (break in time series)
2020 5.9% 9.1%
2019 6.6% 10.5%
2018 – 11.6%
2017 – 12.6%
2016 – 13.9%
2015 – 13.5%
2014 – 17.3%b (break in time series)
2013 – 18.7%
2012 – 20.5%
2011 – 22.8%b (break in time series)
2010 – 28.3%
2009 – 30.9%
2008 – 34.9%
2007 – 36.5%
2006 – 38.5%b (break in time series)
2005 – 38.3%
2004 – 39.3%b (break in time series)
2003 – 41.2%
2002 – 45.0%
2001 – 44.3%

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 −2.2 percentage points from 6.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2019, when it was 6.6%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 226 regions with data for 2025, Centro has the 213th 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
2019 to 2025 for Centro
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat