Early leavers from formal education by labour status by country
Countries reporting
36
Highest
18.9
Iceland
Lowest
2.2
Croatia
Median
8.5
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
787
What the numbers show
Early leavers from formal education by labour status is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 18.9 in Iceland; the lowest is 2.2 in Croatia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.5, and the mean is 8.82.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 87.0%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 64.5%).
Early leavers from formal education by labour status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 18.9 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 1 | Türkiye | 18.2 | 2025 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 2 | Romania | 15.8 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 3 | Spain | 14.6 | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 13.7 | 2025 | up 31.7% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 13.2 | 2025 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 6 | Austria | 11.8 | 2025 | up 40.5% | falling |
| 7 | Estonia | 11.7 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.6 | 2019 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 9 | Finland | 10.9 | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 10.4 | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 11 | Cyprus | 10.1 | 2025 | up 87.0% | falling |
| 12 | North Macedonia | 9.5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 13 | Latvia | 9.3 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 14 | Malta | 9.2 | 2025 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 15 | Italy | 8.9 | 2025 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 8.6 | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 16 | Sweden | 8.6 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 8.4 | 2024 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 18 | Netherlands | 8.4 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 20 | France | 8.2 | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 21 | Belgium | 8 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 22 | Slovakia | 7 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 23 | Portugal | 6.9 | 2025 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Slovenia | 6.7 | 2025 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 25 | Czechia | 6.5 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | Lithuania | 6.1 | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 26 | Switzerland | 6.1 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 28 | Poland | 5.2 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 29 | Serbia | 5.1 | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 30 | Norway | 4.3 | 2025 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 31 | Ireland | 3.9 | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 32 | Montenegro | 3.6 | 2020 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 3.1 | 2025 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 35 | Croatia | 2.2 | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.