Early school leavers in Puglia

In Puglia, 8.6% 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
Puglia, 2025 8.6% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 −1.3percentage points 2024: 9.9%
Italy, 2025 8.2% Country total
Position in 2025 128th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Puglia 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 PugliaItaly
2025 8.6% 8.2%
2024 9.9% 9.8%
2023 12.8% 10.5%
2022 14.6% 11.5%
2021 17.6%b (break in time series) 12.7%b (break in time series)
2020 18.5% 14.2%
2019 17.8% 13.3%
2018 17.6%b (break in time series) 14.3%b (break in time series)
2017 18.6% 14.0%
2016 16.9% 13.8%
2015 16.7% 14.7%
2014 16.9%b (break in time series) 15.0%b (break in time series)
2013 19.9% 16.8%
2012 19.8% 17.3%
2011 19.4% 17.8%
2010 23.6% 18.6%
2009 24.9% 19.1%
2008 23.9% 19.6%
2007 25.0% 19.5%
2006 26.9%b (break in time series) 20.4%b (break in time series)
2005 28.9% 22.1%
2004 30.3%b (break in time series) 23.1%b (break in time series)
2003 27.5% 23.0%
2002 28.6% 24.2%
2001 29.8% 25.9%

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

In short

  • That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from 9.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 16.7%, the figure has changed by −8.1 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, Puglia has the 128th highest value.
  • The figure for Italy in 2025 was 8.2%.

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