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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in the Netherlands was 7.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

20257.4%
Change on 2024+0.4 pts
Rank14th of 26EU countries ranked
Series high15.42000
Series low5.12021

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

57.51012.51517.520002004200820122016202020252000: 15.4 %2001: 15.1 %2002: 15.3 %2003: 14.3 %2004: 14.1 %2005: 14.3 %2006: 12.9 %2007: 11.9 %2008: 11.4 %2009: 11.3 %2010: 10.1 %2011: 9.2 %2012: 8.9 %2013: 9.3 %2014: 8.7 %2015: 8.2 %2016: 8 %2017: 7.1 %2018: 7.3 %2019: 7.5 %2020: 7 %2021: 5.1 %2022: 5.6 %2023: 6.2 %2024: 7 %2025: 7.4 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Early leavers from education and training by labour status, all persons, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_14). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-10.
All 26 values
Period%
20257.4
20247
20236.2
20225.6
20215.1 Series break
20207
20197.5 Series break
20187.3
20177.1
20168
20158.2
20148.7 Series break
20139.3 Series break
20128.9
20119.2
201010.1
200911.3
200811.4
200711.9
200612.9 Series break
200514.3 Series break
200414.1
200314.3 Series break
200215.3
200115.1
200015.4

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Netherlands7.4
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 labour status, all persons, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_14). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_14/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in the Netherlands was 7.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Early leavers from education and training by labour status, all persons, 18 to 24 years (edat_lfse_14). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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

15.4% in 2000, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 elsewhere in European Union (27)

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