Education in Ireland

3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.57 GPIA 2022 — 20th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2019 down 25.0% 6th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.6 GPIA 2022 down 20.0% 15th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 1.8% 2023 up 90.4% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 47.4% 2023 up 38.4% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.44 GPIA 2022 down 11.7% 21st
Proportion of youth and adults that used basic arithmetic formula in 36.0% 2020 down 17.6% 30th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.8082 GPIA 2023 up 17.8% 13th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.8108 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% 23rd
Share of students achieving minimum math proficiency by the end of lower-secondary education 81.0% 2022 down 2.6% 8th
Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level 81.0% 2022 down 2.6% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 2 GPIA 2022 — 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from the Arab States 1.01 2022 up 93.0% 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0.25 GPIA 2022 — 39th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.54 GPIA 2022 up 7.9% 11th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.8 GPIA 2022 up 15.7% 11th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.8% 2020 up 0.4% 14th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 86.7% 2020 up 9.7% 29th
Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and 0 Number 2024 — 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.5 GPIA 2022 unchanged 24th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0.4 GPIA 2022 down 80.0% 43rd
Share of mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex 0.0% 2024 — 1st
Enterprises that provided training to develop/upgrade ICT skills of 8.2% 2024 down 31.1% 20th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 50.9% 2023 up 37.9% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 87.7% 2020 up 9.6% 28th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0.5 GPIA 2022 down 58.3% 38th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.9% 2020 up 0.5% 12th
Proportion of youth and adults that used copy and paste tools to 53.0% 2020 down 8.1% 32nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.16 GPIA 2022 up 61.4% 19th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 87.4% 2022 down 1.4% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.02 GPIA 2020 down 0.2% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.14 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% 19th
Classroom teachers and academic staff by education level, programme 25,695 Number 2024 up 60.6% 18th
Repetition rate in Grade 7 of primary education, female 0.2% 2021 down 50.8% 17th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 2 GPIA 2022 — 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.7407 GPIA 2022 down 44.4% 33rd
Ratio of pupils and students to teachers and academic staff by 6.7 Rate 2024 up 59.5% 38th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 2 GPIA 2022 up 100.0% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1 GPIA 2020 up 0.1% 5th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 28.4% 2021 down 28.1% 31st
Pupils enrolled in post-secondary non-tertiary education by programme 44,752 Number 2024 down 21.9% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.07 GPIA 2022 — 33rd
Expected school years of pupils and students by education level 19 Number 2024 unchanged 6th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2022 down 25.0% 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 2 GPIA 2021 up 300.0% 1st
Female teachers - as % of all teachers, by education level 96.9% 2024 down 1.8% 25th
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex, type of 1.52 million Number 2024 up 11.8% 18th
Degree mobile graduates from abroad by education level, sex and 0 Number 2024 — 1st
Share of degree mobile graduates from abroad by education level, sex 0.0% 2024 — 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 92.1% 2023 up 14.3% 4th
Degree mobile graduates from abroad by education level, sex and field 13,292 Number 2024 up 161.4% 12th
Distribution of degree mobile graduates from abroad at education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2022 unchanged 5th
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and age 1.52 million Number 2024 up 13.4% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 GPIA 2022 — 40th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.13 NPIA 2023 down 3.1% 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0.6 GPIA 2022 down 70.0% 37th
Teachers working part-time - as % of all teachers, by education level 36.1% 2024 — 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.75 GPIA 2022 up 17.9% 23rd