IE · 2025 · edat_lfse_14

Early leavers from education and training by labour status

Ireland, 2025

Early leavers from education and training by labour status
3.6%
Ireland, 2025
▲ 28.6% vs 2024 (2.8%)
Analysis

In 2025, Ireland's early leavers from education and training by labour status increased by 28.6% compared to 2024, reaching 3.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.1%.

Ireland ranks 24th 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 28.0% (from 5.0% in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#24 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
39.6%
EU-27: 9.1%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025