Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Eastern and Midland

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Eastern and Midland was 3.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.8 pts from 2024.

20253.8% Low reliability

Change on 2024+0.8 pts

Series high9.72012

Series low32024

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025

%. Source: Eurostat, Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-10.

All 14 values

Period	%
2025	3.8 Low reliability
2024	3 Low reliability
2023	3.7 Low reliability
2022	3.2 Low reliability
2021	3.4 Low reliability
2020	5.1
2019	4.7
2018	4.3
2017	5.4 Series break
2016	6.2
2015	6.2
2014	5.9 Series break
2013	7.7
2012	9.7

Compared with Ireland and European Union (27)

Place	2025
Eastern and Midland	3.8
Ireland	3.6
European Union (27)	9.1

Rankings

EU countries by early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 27 places

Definition

People aged 18 to 24 who have completed lower secondary education at most (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 2) and received no formal or non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the survey, as a percentage of all people aged 18 to 24 (EU Labour Force Survey).

A survey measure, not a dropout count from school records. The EU target is below 9% by 2030.

How to cite

Eurostat. Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_16/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16) (Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_16/default/table

MLA 9

Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16), Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_16/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/early-leavers-education-training/eastern-and-midland-ie06. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16). Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_16/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/early-leavers-education-training/eastern-and-midland-ie06.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16), Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_16/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/early-leavers-education-training/eastern-and-midland-ie06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat\_lfse\_16): Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_16/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/early-leavers-education-training/eastern-and-midland-ie06. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat\_lfse\_16). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat\_lfse\_16/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Eastern and Midland?

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Eastern and Midland was 3.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.8 pts from 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Early leavers from education and training by NUTS 2 region, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_16). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Eastern and Midland?

9.7% in 2012, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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