IE · 2010 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2010
In 2010, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) increased by 0.8% compared to 2009, reaching 35.7.
Ireland accounts for 86.2% of the EU-27 total of 41.4.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.8% (from 37.5 in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.