PT · 2021 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Portugal, 2021
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
19.2
Portugal, 2021
▼ 29.7% vs 2020 (27.3)
Analysis
In 2021, Portugal's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 29.7% compared to 2020, reaching 19.2.
Portugal accounts for 66.0% of the EU-27 total of 29.1.
Portugal ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 54.0% (from 41.7 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
66.0%
EU-27: 29.1
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem020