SE · 2025 · edat_lfse_14

Early leavers from education and training by labour status

Sweden, 2025

Early leavers from education and training by labour status
6.7%
Sweden, 2025
▼ 6.9% vs 2024 (7.2%)
Analysis

In 2025, Sweden's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 6.9% compared to 2024, reaching 6.7%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.1%.

Sweden ranks 18th 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 13.0% (from 7.7% in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#18 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
73.6%
EU-27: 9.1%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025