PT · 2017 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 9.4% compared to 2016, reaching 37.8.
Portugal accounts for 120.0% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
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 61.5 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.