PT · 2023 · tesem020

Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)

Portugal, 2023

Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
24.3
Portugal, 2023
▲ 28.6% vs 2022 (18.9)
Analysis

In 2023, Portugal's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 28.6% compared to 2022, reaching 24.3.

Portugal accounts for 84.4% of the EU-27 total of 28.8.

Portugal ranks 13th 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 30.2% (from 34.8 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
84.4%
EU-27: 28.8
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025