Education in Ireland

3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.5% 44th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development 0.9682 GPIA 2022 down 5.9% 50th
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, adjusted gender parity 0.3561 GPIA 2022 up 6.8% 72nd
Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, female (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 70.9% 43rd
Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, adjusted 1.21 GPIA 2022 up 28.6% 8th
Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, female (UIS estimate) 0.2% 2022 up 6.4% 32nd
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, female (UIS estimate) 7.6% 2022 down 31.7% 40th
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, adjusted gender parity index 1.2 GPIA 2022 down 4.8% 8th
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, adjusted 1.22 GPIA 2022 down 4.9% 18th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 14 2023 up 250.0% 103rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 14 2023 up 366.7% 101st
Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, female (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 37th
Outbound mobility ratio to South and West Asia, female (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 up 52.6% 50th
Outbound mobility ratio to South and West Asia, adjusted gender 0.8376 GPIA 2022 down 49.4% 45th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 235.5% 103rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 315.4% 100th
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, female (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 5.2% 61st
Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, female (UIS) 0.7% 2022 up 276.6% 36th
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, female 6.6% 2022 down 38.1% 21st
Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, adjusted gender parity 0.8376 GPIA 2022 down 23.1% 63rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 1 GPIA 2023 38th
Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, adjusted gender parity index 0.5696 GPIA 2022 60th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.18 UIS estimate 2023 up 161.8% 78th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 43rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.25 UIS estimate 2023 up 16.6% 69th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 684 2022 up 109.8% 40th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 472 2022 up 72.9% 39th
Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa, male 636 2022 up 143.7% 41st
Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa 579 2022 up 114.4% 36th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia 2,686 2022 up 264.4% 22nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia 1,920 2022 up 686.9% 21st
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and 6,751 2022 up 153.5% 15th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and 4,399 2022 up 55.2% 17th
Total inbound internationally mobile students, female 11,902 number 2018 up 29.5% 37th
Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private institutions 5.0% 2018 up 6.6% 129th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central Asia, male (UIS) 33 2022 down 26.7% 45th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central Asia, female 34 2022 up 126.7% 43rd
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes 1,031 number 2018 down 49.4% 115th
Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the 3,030 2022 up 42.3% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the 2,603 2022 up 41.2% 22nd
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 2025 down 25.0% 17th
Theoretical duration of pre-primary education in years 2 2025 up 100.0% 55th
Theoretical duration of primary education in years 8 2025 unchanged 1st
Official entrance age to primary education 5 2025 unchanged 71st
Theoretical duration of lower secondary education in years 3 2025 unchanged 38th
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 2025 unchanged 2nd
Official entrance age to lower secondary education 13 2025 unchanged 1st
Theoretical duration of upper secondary education in years 2 2025 unchanged 60th
Number of primary education enrolments 548,873 2022 up 5.9% 37th
4.1.2 Completion rate in primary education 100 2018 unchanged 1st
4.1.2 Completion rate in lower secondary education 98.4 2018 up 1.4% 32nd
4.1.2 Completion rate in upper secondary education 90.6 2018 up 5.3% 25th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, adjusted gender parity index 1.54 GPIA 2022 up 50.3% 15th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, adjusted 1.5 GPIA 2022 up 249.5% 14th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, female (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 up 230.8% 68th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, female 0.0% 2022 up 190.6% 68th
Government expenditure on education not specified by level, PPP$ 0 millions 2021 70th
School-age population 119,778 2024 up 70.2% 52nd
School-age population 231,378 2024 up 27.5% 46th
School-age population 145,030 2024 up 24.3% 51st