PT · 2018 · edat_lfse_14
Early leavers from education and training by labour status
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's early leavers from education and training by labour status decreased by 7.9% compared to 2017, reaching 11.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5%.
Portugal ranks 8th 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 38.0% (from 18.7% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_14, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.