IE · 2016 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2016
In 2016, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 11.8% compared to 2015, reaching 18.0.
Ireland accounts for 56.6% of the EU-27 total of 31.8.
Ireland ranks 22nd 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 45.9% (from 33.3 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.