Early leavers from education and training by labour status

In 2018, Bulgaria's early leavers from education and training by labour status increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 12.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5%.

Bulgaria ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.6% (from 12.5% in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.