PT · 2002 · edat_lfse_14
Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Portugal, 2002
In 2002, Portugal's early leavers from education and training by labour status increased by 1.6% compared to 2001, reaching 45.0%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.9%.
Portugal ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.8% (from 40.6% in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.