PT · 2025 · edat_lfse_14
Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Portugal, 2025
In 2025, Portugal's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 7.6% compared to 2024, reaching 6.1%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.1%.
Portugal ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 33.0% (from 9.1% in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.