Early leavers from education and training by labour status

In 2016, Sweden's early leavers from education and training by labour status increased by 5.7% compared to 2015, reaching 7.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.6%.

Sweden ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.1% (from 6.6% in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.