IE · 2012 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 10.8% compared to 2011, reaching 29.7.
Ireland accounts for 78.6% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.
Ireland ranks 15th 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 17.5% (from 36.0 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.