IE · 2014 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Ireland, 2014
In 2014, Ireland's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 23.0% compared to 2013, reaching 20.1.
Ireland accounts for 60.4% of the EU-27 total of 33.3.
Ireland ranks 20th 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 43.2% (from 35.4 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.