IE · 2019 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 2.0% compared to 2018, reaching 15.3.
Ireland accounts for 50.5% of the EU-27 total of 30.3.
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 23.9% (from 20.1 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.