Early school leavers in Extremadura

In Extremadura, 15.0% 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
Extremadura, 2025 15.0% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 +2.0percentage points 2024: 13.0%
Spain, 2025 12.8% Country total
Position in 2025 41st of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Extremadura 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 ExtremaduraSpain
2025 15.0% 12.8%
2024 13.0% 13.0%
2023 9.9% 13.7%
2022 10.6% 13.9%
2021 14.3%b (break in time series) 13.3%b (break in time series)
2020 18.4% 16.0%
2019 20.5% 17.3%
2018 20.9% 17.9%
2017 19.2% 18.3%
2016 20.4% 19.0%
2015 24.5% 20.0%
2014 22.9%b (break in time series) 21.9%b (break in time series)
2013 29.2% 23.6%
2012 32.6% 24.7%
2011 30.1% 26.3%
2010 31.6% 28.2%
2009 34.1% 30.9%
2008 33.8% 31.7%
2007 34.4% 30.8%
2006 35.8%b (break in time series) 30.3%b (break in time series)
2005 36.8%b (break in time series) 31.0%b (break in time series)
2004 39.2% 32.2%
2003 36.3%b (break in time series) 31.7%b (break in time series)
2002 38.1% 30.9%
2001 37.9% 29.7%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 13.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.5%, the figure has changed by −9.5 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, Extremadura has the 41st highest value.
  • The figure for Spain in 2025 was 12.8%.

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