Education in Ireland 3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 27.4% 2022 up 86.1% 51st Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 81.2% 2022 down 6.1% 99th Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 59.8% 2022 down 1.9% 86th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 38.1% 2022 down 2.2% 39th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 16.4% 2022 up 21.2% 39th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2022 down 15.9% 91st Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 1.3% 2022 down 2.4% 42nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.7% 2022 down 49.0% 83rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.8% 2022 down 67.6% 74th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.3% 2022 up 10.7% 26th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.4% 2022 down 27.8% 18th Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 98.2% 2017 up 7.2% 14th Number of repeaters in all grades of primary education 1,942 2022 down 39.3% 35th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.7% 2022 up 113.0% 26th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 12.7% 2022 up 226.7% 24th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.4% 2022 up 23.9% 48th Share of young women vs. men who are not in education, employment or training 6.0% 2023 down 60.1% 107th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 89.4% 2021 down 2.8% 93rd Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 11,813 2021 down 1.4% 21st Percentage of enrolments in private schools of primary education 0.9975 2022 up 26.5% 66th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2022 — 7th Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 25.5% 2023 up 47.5% 11th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2022 — 7th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 90.3% 2021 down 4.5% 88th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 78.8% 2023 up 20.8% 23rd Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 100.0% 2021 up 7.2% 1st Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 9.7% 2021 up 77.7% 41st Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 638 2022 up 490.7% 32nd Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 0.5% 2021 down 54.9% 93rd Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 30.6% 8th Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 0 years 2025 — 43rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 3 2022 — 32nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2022 up 34.5% 51st Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 3 years 2025 unchanged 12th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2022 — 7th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 7.1% 2020 down 18.1% 70th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.8% 2023 up 0.5% 20th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2022 up 53.3% 72nd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 74.6% 2023 up 24.2% 33rd Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 10.6% 2021 up 32.1% 35th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 86.2% 2023 up 18.6% 19th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 85.7% 2023 up 17.5% 26th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 2025 unchanged 9th Duration of compulsory education in years 10 2025 unchanged 30th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 10 2025 unchanged 22nd Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2022 unchanged 1st Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 15.4% 2021 down 47.3% 97th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 45.5% 2010 up 45.6% 24th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 86.6% 2023 up 19.6% 17th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 35.8% 2022 up 21.9% 51st Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 35.8% 2022 up 21.9% 51st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.6% 2023 up 0.3% 25th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2022 up 40.6% 73rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.4% 2022 down 34.8% 40th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 83.0% 2023 up 17.8% 17th Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 19,431 2021 up 2.7% 17th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.3% 2016 down 20.0% 60th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.5% 2023 up 0.2% 29th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% 19th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2022 down 6.5% 70th ← Previous Page 28 of 53 Next →