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Early leavers from education and training

34 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 9.1 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

2.1 %

Croatia

EU average

9.1 %

27 member states

Median country

7.4 %

half above, half below

Range

2.1 to 17.9

Croatia - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 34 countries, the highest value is in Türkiye (17.9 %) and the lowest in Croatia (2.1 %).

Half of the countries are above 7.4 % and half below.

The EU average is 9.1 %; 12 of 34 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 15.2 % in 2006 to 9.1 % in 2025.

Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Percentage · Total · Population · From 18 to 24 years

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Early leavers over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Croatia in chart	1	Croatia	2.1	−7.0
Greece in chart	2	Greece	3.0	−6.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	3	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	3.0	−6.1
Ireland in chart	4	Ireland	3.6	−5.5
Norway in chart	5	Norway non-EU	3.8	−5.3
Poland in chart	6	Poland	4.0	−5.1
Serbia in chart	7	Serbia non-EU	5.1	−4.0
Luxembourg in chart	8	Luxembourg	5.2	−3.9
Switzerland in chart	9	Switzerland non-EU	5.5	−3.6
Slovenia in chart	10	Slovenia	5.5	−3.6
Lithuania in chart	11	Lithuania	5.9	−3.2
Portugal in chart	12	Portugal	6.1	−3.0
Czechia in chart	13	Czechia	6.1	−3.0
Sweden in chart	14	Sweden	6.7	−2.4
Slovakia in chart	15	Slovakia	6.8	−2.3
France in chart	16	France	7.2	−1.9
Belgium in chart	17	Belgium	7.3	−1.8
Netherlands in chart	18	Netherlands	7.4	−1.7
Italy in chart	19	Italy	8.2	−0.9
Malta in chart	20	Malta	8.6	−0.5
Bulgaria in chart	21	Bulgaria	8.6	−0.5
Latvia in chart	22	Latvia	8.8	−0.3
Hungary in chart	23	Hungary	9.3	+0.2
North Macedonia in chart	24	North Macedonia non-EU	9.5	+0.4
Cyprus in chart	25	Cyprus	9.8	+0.7
Finland in chart	26	Finland	9.9	+0.8
Denmark in chart	27	Denmark	10.0	+0.9
Austria in chart	28	Austria	10.0	+0.9
Estonia in chart	29	Estonia	10.2	+1.1
Spain in chart	30	Spain	12.8	+3.7
Germany in chart	31	Germany	13.1	+4.0
Romania in chart	32	Romania	15.5	+6.4
Iceland in chart	33	Iceland non-EU	16.7	+7.6
Türkiye in chart	34	Türkiye non-EU	17.9	+8.8

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart, up to six at a time - a chart with more lines stops being readable. The ranking is for the latest period in which most countries have a value. EU and euro area aggregates do not take part in the ranking.