Practice question · Estimate
Estimate Spain’s early school leaving rate in 2023, as a percentage of 18 to 24 year olds.
Estimate on a scale from 0 per cent (0) to 40 per cent (40).
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- It had roughly halved from its 2008 level.
- The 2008 figure was around 31 per cent.
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14 (answers within ±3 count)
Why
Around 14 per cent, against roughly 31 in 2008 and an EU average under 10. The decline is real and partly cyclical: the collapse of construction employment after 2008 removed the jobs that had made leaving school early rational, which is a reminder that education statistics move with labour markets and not only with education policy.
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