PT · 2025 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Portugal, 2025
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
18.3
Portugal, 2025
▼ 7.6% vs 2024 (19.8)
Analysis
In 2025, Portugal's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 7.6% compared to 2024, reaching 18.3.
Portugal accounts for 67.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.3.
Portugal ranks 20th 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 27.3 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#20 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
67.0%
EU-27: 27.3
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem020