[HIGHLIGHTS] Germany has the fourth highest school dropout rate in the EU

Germany has the fourth highest school dropout rate in the EU. In 2022 the rate was well above the EU average.

Education Minister Stark-Watzinger is concerned about the “prosperity of our country’s’ rate. The EU average rate has improved by 0.9 percentage points since 2018, while the German rate has worsened by 1.9 points over the same period. However, from 2021 to 2022, Germany reduced the rate to a similar extent as the EU as a whole.