Education in Ireland

3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 0.2793 GPIA 2022 down 59.3% 122nd
Primary education gross enrolment ratio 96.48 2022 down 5.5% 57th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 91.8% 2023 up 10.7% 38th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 4.1% 2022 up 206.6% 34th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.8% 2022 down 25.4% 78th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 9.8% 2022 down 33.0% 35th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 91.8% 2023 up 10.7% 38th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 93.1% 2023 up 9.5% 30th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.0% 2022 18th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 17.4% 2022 up 6.9% 34th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.5% 2022 down 11.7% 61st
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 13.8% 2022 down 66.5% 58th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 46.5% 2022 down 16.5% 16th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.3% 2022 down 6.4% 82nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 11.2% 2022 down 7.8% 76th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% 25th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.4% 2022 down 8.4% 78th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.4% 2022 14th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 93.1% 2023 up 9.5% 30th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 17.0% 2022 down 27.4% 76th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2022 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2022 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2022 8th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.3% 2022 down 7.2% 85th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 10.9% 2022 down 34.5% 36th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 8.4% 2022 down 31.6% 30th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 25.2% 2022 up 69.3% 71st
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% 15th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2022 down 100.0% 10th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 71.9% 2022 down 4.0% 91st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.4% 2022 down 57.0% 84th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 25.8% 2022 up 3.0% 39th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 24.2% 2022 up 2.5% 22nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.7% 2022 up 14.8% 49th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2022 5th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2022 up 16.1% 80th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2022 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2022 down 17.4% 79th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 2 2022 down 50.0% 5th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% 74th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2022 down 2.3% 19th
Distribution of young adults' education and work status, for a given 20.66 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 291.0% 11th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.5% 2022 down 8.2% 51st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.8% 2022 down 12.5% 23rd
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 23rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.7% 2022 down 14.1% 67th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2022 12th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.2% 2022 up 175.4% 22nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2022 up 0.2% 49th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 1.2% 2022 down 2.6% 66th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.0% 2021 up 7.5% 63rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.3% 2022 up 27.9% 81st
Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 9.3% 2021 down 49.4% 101st
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 0.2962 GPIA 2022 down 59.9% 116th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 5,629 2022 up 141.5% 35th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 0.5% 2021 down 51.0% 75th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 23.6% 2022 up 56.5% 79th