Early leavers from education and training by labour status

In 2024, Germany's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 0.8% compared to 2023, reaching 12.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.4%.

Germany ranks 3rd 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 25.2% (from 10.3% in 2019).

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