Early school leavers in Limburg

In Limburg, 9.4% of people aged 18 to 24 had left education and training early in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 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: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Limburg, 2025 9.4% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 9.0%
Netherlands, 2025 7.4% Country total
Position in 2025 111th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Limburg over time

View
Places
2 selected
Limburg Netherlands ×

% 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 LimburgNetherlands
2025 9.4% 7.4%
2024 9.0% 7.0%
2023 6.9% 6.2%
2022 9.0% 5.6%
2021 7.8%b (break in time series) 5.1%b (break in time series)
2020 7.5% 7.0%
2019 9.4%b (break in time series) 7.5%b (break in time series)
2018 10.0% 7.3%
2017 7.9% 7.1%
2016 8.7% 8.0%
2015 8.9% 8.2%
2014 8.9%b (break in time series) 8.7%b (break in time series)
2013 10.0%b (break in time series) 9.3%b (break in time series)
2012 9.1% 8.9%
2011 10.4% 9.2%
2010 11.6% 10.1%
2009 11.3% 11.3%
2008 11.9% 11.4%
2007 14.6% 11.9%
2006 14.2%b (break in time series) 12.9%b (break in time series)
2005 15.1%b (break in time series) 14.3%b (break in time series)
2004 14.7% 14.1%
2003 14.2%b (break in time series) 14.3%b (break in time series)
2002 15.9% 15.3%
2001 17.6% 15.1%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 9.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 8.9%, the figure has changed by +0.5 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, Limburg has the 111th highest value.
  • The figure for Netherlands in 2025 was 7.4%.

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
2000 to 2025 for Limburg
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat