Early leavers from education and training by labour status

In 2018, Ireland's early leavers from education and training by labour status increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 5.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5%.

Ireland ranks 22nd 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 42.5% (from 8.7% in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.