PT · 2025 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Portugal, 2025
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.