Republic of Cyprus Second Voluntary National Report - Sustainable development goals

52 DEVELOPMENT IN NUMBERS VNR 2017 VNR 2020 2017-2020 Growth SDG04 – QUALITY EDUCATION OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL (%) 93.28 97.11 4.11% Early Leavers from Education and Training (% of the population aged 18-24) 7.6 9.2 21.1% Participation in Early Childhood Education (% of the age group between 4-years-old and the starting age of compulsory education) 89.7 95.3 6.2% Tertiary Educational Attainment (% of the population aged 30-34) 53.4 58.8 10.1% Employment Rates of Recent Graduates (% of the population aged 20-34 with at least upper-secondary education) 73.4 81.7 11.3% Adult Participation in Learning (% of population aged 25-64) 6.9 5.9 -14.5% Note: Green shows an improvement of the indicator, while red shows a decline in progress. White colour shows a stable performance.