Basic education retention/dropout rate
%
Mean Portugal 2018
Mean Portugal 2007
Regional (NUTs II) performance (2007 and 2018)
Basic education retention/dropout rate (%)
%
Portugal and EU28 evolution (2007-2018)
Basic education retention/dropout rate (%)
Data
North
Center
Lisbon MA
Alentejo
Algarve
Azores A.R.
Madeira A.R.
Portugal
EU28
2007
9.7
8.4
11.3
11.1
11.7
9.5
14.4
10.1
2008
6.6
6.4
9.7
8.5
10.3
9.4
12.4
7.9
2009
6.4
6.5
9.5
8.6
10.2
10.1
11.4
7.8
2010
6.2
6.8
9.6
8.5
9.8
11.5
11.8
7.9
2011
6.1
6.5
8.9
8.5
8.9
11.7
11.2
7.5
2012
8.4
8.5
11.3
11.4
11.5
16.5
12.9
9.7
2013
9.2
9.3
11.4
11.8
12.2
16.9
11.8
10.4
2014
8.5
8.8
11.2
11.9
11.9
17.3
10.8
10.0
2015
6.7
7.0
9.0
9.4
10.2
11.9
8.9
7.9
2016
5.4
5.6
7.5
7.8
8.9
10.8
7.2
6.6
2017
4.3
4.8
6.5
7.1
7.6
8.5
5.6
5.5
2018
3.6
4.4
6.1
6.7
7.1
8.7
5.8
5.1
Observations
This indicator refers to the number of regular primary school pupils who remain, for reasons of failure or voluntary attempt to improve their qualifications, in the same year of schooling in relation to students enrolled in regular primary education in that school year.
In this indicator, the best performances correspond to the lowest values.
Indicator
Basic education retention/dropout rate (%)
Data Source(s)
Reference Period
2007-2018
Unit of Measure
%
Publication Date
2019-07-04
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