BE · 2021 · edat_lfse_14
Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 17.3% compared to 2020, reaching 6.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7%.
Belgium ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 23.9% (from 8.8% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.