Early school leavers in İzmir

In İzmir, 15.2% 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 2006. 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: 2006 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
İzmir, 2025 15.2% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 −1.1percentage points 2024: 16.3%
Türkiye, 2025 17.9% Country total
Position in 2025 38th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in İzmir 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), 2006 to 2025
Period İzmirTürkiye
2025 15.2% 17.9%
2024 16.3% 18.7%
2023 17.8% 19.5%
2022 17.8% 21.2%
2021 19.9%b (break in time series) 23.1%b (break in time series)
2020 24.4% 26.7%
2019 25.4% 28.7%
2018 24.7% 31.0%
2017 25.9% 32.5%
2016 29.4% 34.3%
2015 26.8% 36.4%
2014 31.7%b (break in time series) 38.3%b (break in time series)
2013 28.7% 37.5%
2012 27.1% 39.6%
2011 28.5% 41.9%
2010 32.6% 43.1%
2009 32.7% 44.3%
2008 33.2% 45.5%
2007 36.8% 46.9%
2006 42.1% 48.8%

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

In short

  • That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 16.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 26.8%, the figure has changed by −11.6 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, İzmir has the 38th highest value.
  • The figure for Türkiye in 2025 was 17.9%.

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
2006 to 2025 for İzmir
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat