PT · 2024 · tesem020
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
Portugal, 2024
Early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24)
19.8
Portugal, 2024
▼ 18.5% vs 2023 (24.3)
Analysis
In 2024, Portugal's early leavers from education and training (age group 18-24) decreased by 18.5% compared to 2023, reaching 19.8.
Portugal accounts for 70.2% of the EU-27 total of 28.2.
Portugal ranks 21st 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 37.1% (from 31.5 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
70.2%
EU-27: 28.2
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem020