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

In 2024, Belgium's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 12.9% compared to 2023, reaching 21.0.

Belgium accounts for 74.5% of the EU-27 total of 28.2.

Belgium ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 16.7% (from 25.2 in 2019).

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