Education in Ireland 3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.43 2017 up 4.3% 51st Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2016 up 6.5% 51st Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.3% 2016 up 33.2% 70th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.0% 2016 up 18.2% 14th Capital expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 1.8% 2017 down 78.9% 91st Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.1 GPIA 2023 down 4.1% 16th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% 9th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 51.6% 2010 up 51.4% 34th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 39.2% 2010 up 38.3% 18th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 1.32 GPI 2010 up 9.4% 70th Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 10.4% 2021 down 61.4% 99th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 55.0% 2021 down 26.4% 108th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9149 LPIA 2023 up 1.9% 27th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.8% 2023 up 0.3% 14th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 35.3% 2021 up 78.8% 9th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.8% 2023 up 0.3% 19th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 73.5% 2021 down 10.2% 79th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% 21st Government expenditure on education 2.9 2021 down 49.7% 59th Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 94.51 2023 up 4.1% 8th Primary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 99.79 2023 up 0.0% 10th Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 98.74 2023 up 0.7% 17th Literacy rate 98.5% 1950 — 19th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public 56.9% 2021 down 22.7% 100th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8706 LPIA 2023 up 5.7% 38th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 15.9% 2021 up 56.7% 58th Agricultural holdings and utilised agricultural area by training, age 4.70 million Hectare 2023 down 5.2% 5th Organic farming by age, sex and training of farm manager and NUTS 2 4.70 million Hectare 2023 down 4.0% 5th Beneficiary of rural development support measures by age, sex and 4.70 million Hectare 2023 down 4.0% 5th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1 LPIA 2023 down 0.1% 10th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 43.1% 2021 up 119.0% 7th Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 13,175 2021 down 24.9% 20th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 55.1% 2023 up 33.9% 4th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 2,512 millions 2021 up 7.8% 30th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 56.1% 2023 up 34.7% 5th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 97.4% 2021 up 4.7% 26th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% 15th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 2.6% 2021 down 62.8% 89th All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 34.3% 2017 down 49.5% 74th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9579 LPIA 2023 down 1.5% 18th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.63 2017 up 4.0% 45th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 1.03 GPIA 2017 down 0.4% 22nd Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.23 2017 up 4.5% 50th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 57.0% 2023 up 35.4% 5th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9994 LPIA 2023 down 0.2% 26th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1 LPIA 2023 up 0.1% 7th Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 5.0% 2022 up 134.0% 33rd Proportion of secondary schools with access to computers for 98.4% 2023 down 1.6% 71st Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education as a 0.1% 2021 down 80.9% 35th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant US$ 2,541 millions 2021 up 6.4% 30th Government expenditure on lower secondary education, US$ 2,391 millions 2021 down 0.7% 31st Government expenditure on upper secondary education, PPP$ 2,825 millions 2021 up 40.3% 36th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 41.7% 2022 up 40.9% 6th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% 56th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant PPP$ 3,055 millions 2021 up 6.4% 36th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 36.3% 2022 up 48.2% 8th Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2022 unchanged 1st Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law 49.5% 2016 down 16.3% 73rd Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2022 unchanged 1st Literacy rate vs. average years of schooling 98.5% 1950 — 18th ← Previous Page 29 of 53 Next →