PT · 2017 · edat_lfse_14
Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 9.4% compared to 2016, reaching 12.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5%.
Portugal ranks 6th 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 38.5% (from 20.5% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.