# Leaving school without a qualification: Share of school leavers from general schools without a first school-leaving certificate (Erster Schulabschluss)
# Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online: Absolventen und Abgänger: Bundesländer, Schuljahr, Geschlecht, Schulart, Schulabschlüsse (Statistik der allgemeinbildenden Schulen; table last updated 30.09.2026) (21111-0013), https://genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/21111/table/21111-0013, accessed 2026-11-04, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0)
# Compiled by Germany Divided, CC BY 4.0. Side: former East/West by 1949-1990 border; Berlin shown separately.
snapshot,reference_year,level,code,name,side,value_%
now,2024/25,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,10.2
now,2024/25,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,8.1
now,2024/25,aggregate,berlin,Berlin,berlin,9.7
now,2024/25,aggregate,germany,Germany,,8.4
now,2024/25,land,10,Saarland,west,11.2
now,2024/25,land,11,Berlin,berlin,9.7
now,2024/25,land,12,Brandenburg,east,8.5
now,2024/25,land,13,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,east,10.3
now,2024/25,land,14,Sachsen,east,8.9
now,2024/25,land,15,Sachsen-Anhalt,east,13
now,2024/25,land,16,Thüringen,east,11.8
now,2024/25,land,01,Schleswig-Holstein,west,9.8
now,2024/25,land,02,Hamburg,west,7.1
now,2024/25,land,03,Niedersachsen,west,9.5
now,2024/25,land,04,Bremen,west,9.9
now,2024/25,land,05,Nordrhein-Westfalen,west,7.9
now,2024/25,land,06,Hessen,west,6
now,2024/25,land,07,Rheinland-Pfalz,west,8.8
now,2024/25,land,08,Baden-Württemberg,west,7.4
now,2024/25,land,09,Bayern,west,8.2
then,1997/98,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,10.6
then,1997/98,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,8.3
then,1997/98,aggregate,berlin,Berlin,berlin,13.4
then,1997/98,aggregate,germany,Germany,,9
then,1997/98,land,10,Saarland,west,10.7
then,1997/98,land,11,Berlin,berlin,13.4
then,1997/98,land,12,Brandenburg,east,8.8
then,1997/98,land,13,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,east,9.7
then,1997/98,land,14,Sachsen,east,10.4
then,1997/98,land,15,Sachsen-Anhalt,east,11
then,1997/98,land,16,Thüringen,east,13.1
then,1997/98,land,01,Schleswig-Holstein,west,10.9
then,1997/98,land,02,Hamburg,west,11
then,1997/98,land,03,Niedersachsen,west,9.7
then,1997/98,land,04,Bremen,west,10.7
then,1997/98,land,05,Nordrhein-Westfalen,west,6
then,1997/98,land,06,Hessen,west,8.6
then,1997/98,land,07,Rheinland-Pfalz,west,9.6
then,1997/98,land,08,Baden-Württemberg,west,7.8
then,1997/98,land,09,Bayern,west,9.4