FR · 2025 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
France, 2025
In 2025, France's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 9.1% compared to 2024, reaching 21.0.
France accounts for 76.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.3.
France ranks 16th 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 12.5% (from 24.0 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.