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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Puglia was 8.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 1.3 pts from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 19 regions in 2025.

20258.6%

Change on 2024-1.3 pts

Rank7th of 19Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) ranked

Series high30.32004

Series low8.62025

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Puglia, 2000 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 26 values

Period	%
2025	8.6
2024	9.9
2023	12.8
2022	14.6
2021	17.6 Series break
2020	18.5
2019	17.8
2018	17.6 Series break
2017	18.6
2016	16.9
2015	16.7
2014	16.9 Series break
2013	19.9
2012	19.8
2011	19.4
2010	23.6
2009	24.9
2008	23.9
2007	25
2006	26.9 Series break
2005	28.9
2004	30.3 Series break
2003	27.5
2002	28.6
2001	29.8
2000	29.3

Compared with Italy and European Union (27)

Place	2025
Puglia	8.6
Italy	8.2
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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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, Puglia, 2000 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, Puglia, 2000 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/puglia-itf4. 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, Puglia, 2000 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/puglia-itf4.

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, Puglia, 2000 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/puglia-itf4 (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, Puglia, 2000 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/puglia-itf4. 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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30.3% in 2004, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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