IE · 2018 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2018
In 2018, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 15.0.
Ireland accounts for 47.6% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
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 42.5% (from 26.1 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.