PT · 2012 · edat_lfse_14
Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Portugal, 2012
In 2012, Portugal's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 10.1% compared to 2011, reaching 20.5%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.6%.
Portugal ranks 2nd 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 43.8% (from 36.5% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.