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the esl situation in spain
in 2013. Nevertheless, this remained one of the highest ESL rates among
the EU-28 and Spain additionally aimed to cut the ESL rate to 23.0% by
2015 (EC/EACEA/Eurydice/Cedefop, 2014). Spain already achieved this in
2014 when its ESL rate was 21.9% (EU average 11.1%) and even more in 2016
when the ESL rate was 19% (EU average 10.7%) (Eurostat, 2016). The coun-
try’s national target for ESL by 2020 is 15% (10% in the EU) (EC/EACEA/
Eurydice/Cedefop, 2014). Figure 5 presents Eurostat’s ESL rate in Spain for
the last 14 years. A noticeable declining trend in the rate can be observed,
yet it is constantly above the EU average and there were also a few breaks
in the time series (in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2014), making the data not ful-
ly comparable.
Figure 5. Spain: time trend of share of the population aged 18-24 with at most a lower
secondary education and not in further education or training (Eurostat, 2016)
Note: The indicator is defined as the percentage of the population aged 18-24 with at most lower
secondary education and who were not in further education or training during the last 4 weeks
preceding the survey. Lower secondary education refers to ISCED (International Standard
Classification of Education) 2011 level 0-2 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 0-3C
short for data up to 2013. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.
The trends in EU-28 countries show that the share of early leavers is
higher for foreign-born versus native-born (EU: 19.7% versus 9.8% in 2016)
and for male versus female (EU: 12.2% versus 9.2% in 2016). This is also
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in 2013. Nevertheless, this remained one of the highest ESL rates among
the EU-28 and Spain additionally aimed to cut the ESL rate to 23.0% by
2015 (EC/EACEA/Eurydice/Cedefop, 2014). Spain already achieved this in
2014 when its ESL rate was 21.9% (EU average 11.1%) and even more in 2016
when the ESL rate was 19% (EU average 10.7%) (Eurostat, 2016). The coun-
try’s national target for ESL by 2020 is 15% (10% in the EU) (EC/EACEA/
Eurydice/Cedefop, 2014). Figure 5 presents Eurostat’s ESL rate in Spain for
the last 14 years. A noticeable declining trend in the rate can be observed,
yet it is constantly above the EU average and there were also a few breaks
in the time series (in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2014), making the data not ful-
ly comparable.
Figure 5. Spain: time trend of share of the population aged 18-24 with at most a lower
secondary education and not in further education or training (Eurostat, 2016)
Note: The indicator is defined as the percentage of the population aged 18-24 with at most lower
secondary education and who were not in further education or training during the last 4 weeks
preceding the survey. Lower secondary education refers to ISCED (International Standard
Classification of Education) 2011 level 0-2 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 0-3C
short for data up to 2013. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.
The trends in EU-28 countries show that the share of early leavers is
higher for foreign-born versus native-born (EU: 19.7% versus 9.8% in 2016)
and for male versus female (EU: 12.2% versus 9.2% in 2016). This is also
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