IE · 2011 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2011
In 2011, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 6.7% compared to 2010, reaching 33.3.
Ireland accounts for 84.1% of the EU-27 total of 39.6.
Ireland ranks 14th 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 9.8% (from 36.9 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.