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<p>The exact information requested is not available for 16 to 18 year olds in EU countries.</p><p>
</p><p>The European Commission monitors the progress of member states in reducing
the share of early leavers from education and training (adults aged 18-24 who left
school without having achieved the minimum upper secondary qualification and who are
not currently enrolled in any education and training) as part of their Europe 2020
education and training benchmarking strategy. The UK early leaving rate (12.4% in
2013) remains very slightly above the EU average (12% in 2013) but has been on a downward
trend since 2011, falling from 15% in 2010 to 12.4% in 2013. However, the government’s
official statistics (covering England only) are more up to date than these figures
and show that the proportion of 16 to 18 year olds NEET at the end of 2013 was down
to 7.6%, the lowest rate since comparable records began in 1994.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The Commission’s annual Education and Training Monitor (2014) is available
here:<br> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/publications/monitor14_en.pdf"
target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/publications/monitor14_en.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>The OECD publishes figures for 15 to 19 year olds who are not in education,
employment or training (NEET), including 21 EU countries:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="4"><p><strong>Percentage of 15 to 19 year-olds who are </strong><strong>not
in education, employment or training</strong><strong> (2012)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>%</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile
(2011)</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan
(age 15-24)</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Korea</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovak Republic</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United
Kingdom</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9.5 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United
States</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>OECD average
<em>(excluding Chile and Japan)</em></p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EU21
average</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 6.1 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p>Source: OECD (2014), Education at a Glance 2014, Table C5.2a.</p></td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933118903"
target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933118903</a></p><p> </p>
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