Denmark: early leavers from education & training 2021

The share of young people leaving early from education and training in Denmark was higher among foreign-born youth than among Danish-born youth between 2011 and 2021, except for 2018. After falling rapidly between 2011 and 2013, the share of youth born outside of Denmark who left early from education or training increased slowly, reaching a peak in 2019 at 13 percent. In 2021, the rate was 11.1 percent among foreign-born youth and 9.7 percent among youth born in Denmark.

Share of people leaving early from education and training in Denmark from 2011 to 2021, by broad group of country of birth

Characteristic	Foreign Country	Born in Denmark
2011	13.6%	10%
2012	10.6%	9.5%
2013	8.5%	8.2%
2014**	8.5%	8%
2015	8.9%	8%
2016*	9.1%	7.4%
2017*	9.9%	8.7%
2018	9.8%	10.4%
2019	13%	9.6%
2020	10.4%	9.2%
2021*	11.1%	9.7%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

2011 to 2021

Age group

18-24 years

Supplementary notes

*Break in time series.

**Break in time series for Danish-born youth.

The folder 'population by educational attainment level (edat1)' presents data on the highest level of education successfully completed by the individuals of a given population.

The folder 'transition from education to work (edatt)' covers data on young people neither in employment nor in education and training – NEET, early leavers from education and training and the labour status of young people by years since completion of highest level of education.

The data shown are calculated as annual averages of quarterly EU Labour Force Survey data (EU-LFS).

The source notes that the data on foreign-born youth has low reliability.

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