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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Severen tsentralen was 11.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.2 pts from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 6 regions in 2025.

202511.1% Low reliability
Change on 2024+1.2 pts
Series high26.52004
Series low9.92024
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Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Severen tsentralen, 2003 to 2025

5101520253020032006200920122015201820252003: 25.3 %2004: 26.5 %2005: 23.2 %2006: 20.9 %2007: 19.4 %2008: 19.9 %2009: 17.5 %2010: 18.2 %2011: 17.1 %2012: 14.9 %2013: 15.9 %2014: 17.9 %2015: 15.2 %2016: 14 %2017: 14.3 %2018: 11 %2020: 12.9 %2021: 10 %2024: 9.9 %2025: 11.1 %
%. 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 20 values
Period%
202511.1 Low reliability
20249.9 Low reliability
202110 Low reliability
202012.9 Low reliability
201811 Low reliability
201714.3
201614
201515.2
201417.9 Series break
201315.9
201214.9
201117.1 Series break
201018.2 Series break
200917.5
200819.9
200719.4
200620.9 Series break
200523.2
200426.5
200325.3 Series break

Compared with Bulgaria and European Union (27)

Place2025
Severen tsentralen11.1
Bulgaria8.6
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, Severen tsentralen, 2003 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, Severen tsentralen, 2003 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/severen-tsentralen-bg32. 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, Severen tsentralen, 2003 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/severen-tsentralen-bg32.

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, Severen tsentralen, 2003 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/severen-tsentralen-bg32 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Early leavers from education and training, ages 18 to 24 in Severen tsentralen was 11.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.2 pts from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 6 regions in 2025.

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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 Severen tsentralen?

26.5% in 2004, the highest value since 2003 in this series.

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