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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Köln was 13.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024. That is the 18th highest of 38 regions in 2019.

202513.4%
Change on 2024+0.4 pts
Rank18th of 38Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) ranked
Series high16.42000
Series low9.82023

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Köln, 2000 to 2025

8101214161820002004200820122016202020252000: 16.4 %2001: 13.1 %2002: 14 %2003: 14 %2004: 11.8 %2005: 14 %2006: 14.8 %2007: 14.2 %2008: 13.6 %2009: 12.3 %2010: 13.7 %2011: 13.3 %2012: 11.6 %2013: 10.4 %2014: 11 %2015: 10.9 %2016: 9.9 %2017: 11 %2018: 12.3 %2019: 10.7 %2020: 10 %2021: 10 %2022: 11.5 %2023: 9.8 %2024: 13 %2025: 13.4 %
%. 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 26 values
Period%
202513.4
202413 Series break
20239.8
202211.5
202110 Series break
202010 Low reliability
201910.7
201812.3
201711
20169.9
201510.9
201411 Series break
201310.4
201211.6 Series break
201113.3
201013.7 Series break
200912.3
200813.6 Series break
200714.2
200614.8
200514 Series break
200411.8
200314 Series break
200214
200113.1
200016.4 Low reliability

Compared with Germany and European Union (27)

Place2025
Köln13.4
Germany13.1
European Union (27)9.1

Rankings

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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Köln was 13.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024. That is the 18th highest of 38 regions in 2019.

Where does this figure come from?

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 Köln?

16.4% in 2000, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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