Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)

In 2024, Malta's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 6.9% compared to 2023, reaching 28.5.

Malta accounts for 101.1% of the EU-27 total of 28.2.

Malta ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 33.1% (from 42.6 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.