BE · 2025 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Belgium, 2025
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
21.9
Belgium, 2025
▲ 4.3% vs 2024 (21.0)
Analysis
In 2025, Belgium's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 4.3% compared to 2024, reaching 21.9.
Belgium accounts for 80.2% of the EU-27 total of 27.3.
Belgium ranks 15th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.9% (from 24.3 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#15 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
80.2%
EU-27: 27.3
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem020