IE · 2013 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2013
In 2013, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 12.1% compared to 2012, reaching 26.1.
Ireland accounts for 73.7% of the EU-27 total of 35.4.
Ireland ranks 17th 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 25.6% (from 35.1 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.