tesem020 · 2005–2025

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

Eurostat tesem020 — Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24). Data range: 2005 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) was 27.3 .

That is a 3.2% fell versus 2024 (28.2).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 9.0% lower.

Across member states, Romania reported the highest value (46.5, 2025) and Croatia the lowest (6.30, 2025) — a ratio of 7.4× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tesem020; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025

27.3

HIGHEST · 2025

Romania

46.5

LOWEST · 2025

Croatia

6.30

Map · 2025

6.3 46.5

Ranking · 2025

2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

Romania 46.5
Germany 39.3
Spain 38.4
Estonia 30.6
Austria 30
Denmark 30
Finland 29.7
Cyprus 29.4
Hungary 27.9
Latvia 26.4
Bulgaria 25.8
Malta 25.8
European Union (27) 27.3

Country × year heatmap · all values

6.0 115.5

Member states · ranked by latest value

By year

Source: Eurostat · tesem020