BG · 2025 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Bulgaria, 2025
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
25.8
Bulgaria, 2025
▲ 4.9% vs 2024 (24.6)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 4.9% compared to 2024, reaching 25.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 94.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.3.
Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 32.8% (from 38.4 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#11 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
94.5%
EU-27: 27.3
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem020