SE · 2025 · tesem020

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

Sweden, 2025

Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
20.1
Sweden, 2025
▼ 6.9% vs 2024 (21.6)
Analysis

In 2025, Sweden's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 6.9% compared to 2024, reaching 20.1.

Sweden accounts for 73.6% of the EU-27 total of 27.3.

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 23.1 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#18 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
73.6%
EU-27: 27.3
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025