Education in Ireland 3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.05 GPIA 2022 down 2.1% 10th Mean age of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates — Students 15.63 Years 2024 up 13.5% 5th Share of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by gender 49.72 Percentage of students 2024 up 2.1% 3rd Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 405.98 millions 2021 down 58.5% 11th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 6th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 15th Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education, PPP$ 451.38 millions 2021 down 45.3% 13th Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 488.1 millions 2021 down 58.5% 13th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 4th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9473 LPIA 2023 up 5.5% 37th Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 22.3% 2022 down 56.9% 89th Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 0.3% 2022 down 73.1% 89th Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 77.7% 2022 up 60.9% 8th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9792 LPIA 2023 down 0.1% 26th Share of enrolled part-time and full-time students — Students enrolled 89.67 Percentage of students 2024 down 9.8% 25th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.32 GPIA 2022 up 34.9% 8th Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 111.39 Index 2025 up 11.4% 5th Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 4,576 2022 up 354.6% 37th Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 130.17 Index 2025 up 30.2% 5th Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 15.82 Percentage of students 2023 down 4.1% 2nd Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 3.4% 2022 up 295.0% 30th Participation rate in education and training 63.3% 2025 up 36.7% 21st Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 63.3% 2025 up 36.7% 21st Early leavers from education and training by degree of urbanisation 3.6% 2025 down 47.1% 40th Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 148 Persons 2024 — 4th Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 12,263 Persons 2024 up 38.5% 3rd Education indicators by NUTS 2 region 67.8 2012 up 2.0% 6th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 11.9% 2023 up 178.4% 10th Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 67th Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 0.5% 2021 up 5.2% 58th Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled 1.39 million Persons 2023 up 25.9% 19th Total number of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates 141,260 Persons 2024 up 10.8% 24th HICP - EDUCATION 3.9 2025 down 17.0% 14th Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st Number of enrolled students and graduates by type of institution 140,418 Persons 2024 up 11.4% 12th Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates — Students 4.56 Percentage of students 2024 up 301.9% 9th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, adjusted gender 1.28 GPIA 2022 up 16.9% 21st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, adjusted gender 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 13.3% 10th Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on 0.148 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 15.4% 23rd Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 10,566 Persons 2024 up 43.7% 2nd Number of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 17,389 Persons 2023 up 9.6% 20th Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 4.14 Percentage of students 2024 up 45.7% 12th Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and 1.35 2022 up 43.5% 7th Repetition rate by level of education — Repeaters 0.2855 Percentage of students 2024 down 30.4% 23rd Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 3.12 Percentage of students 2023 up 40.7% 9th Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa 0.9104 2022 down 11.9% 20th Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 539,438 Persons 2023 up 1.2% 19th Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 44 Persons 2024 up 340.0% 9th Number of classroom teachers and academic staff by age — Classroom 25,695 Persons 2024 up 60.6% 18th Share of students achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of lower secondary education 88.6% 2022 down 2.0% 2nd Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 46.1% 2023 up 25.5% 3rd Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 60.7% 2021 down 13.7% 52nd Share of GDP per capita spent by the government on each primary school student vs. GDP per capita 11.8% 2016 down 16.9% 87th Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions 0 2019 down 100.0% 81st Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 46.9% 2023 up 26.7% 2nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia, adjusted gender 0.9375 GPIA 2022 up 12.6% 31st Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 8.3% 2023 up 192.9% 11th ← Previous Page 40 of 53 Next →