Early school leavers in Sicilia

In Sicilia, 13.7% 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
Sicilia, 2025 13.7% % of people aged 18 to 24
Change from 2024 −1.5percentage points 2024: 15.2%
Italy, 2025 8.2% Country total
Position in 2025 55th of 226 See the full ranking

Early school leavers in Sicilia 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 SiciliaItaly
2025 13.7% 8.2%
2024 15.2% 9.8%
2023 17.1% 10.5%
2022 18.8% 11.5%
2021 21.2%b (break in time series) 12.7%b (break in time series)
2020 21.8% 14.2%
2019 22.3% 13.3%
2018 22.0%b (break in time series) 14.3%b (break in time series)
2017 20.9% 14.0%
2016 23.5% 13.8%
2015 24.3% 14.7%
2014 24.0%b (break in time series) 15.0%b (break in time series)
2013 25.4% 16.8%
2012 24.3% 17.3%
2011 24.4% 17.8%
2010 25.6% 18.6%
2009 26.3% 19.1%
2008 26.2% 19.6%
2007 25.9% 19.5%
2006 28.2%b (break in time series) 20.4%b (break in time series)
2005 29.8% 22.1%
2004 30.5%b (break in time series) 23.1%b (break in time series)
2003 29.3% 23.0%
2002 31.5% 24.2%
2001 33.1% 25.9%

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

In short

  • That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 15.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.3%, the figure has changed by −10.6 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, Sicilia has the 55th 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 Sicilia
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat