Education in Ireland

3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 1.25 GPIA 2022 — 16th
Female students enrolled in STEM fields by education level 9.5% 2024 down 45.2% 40th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 1.75 GPIA 2022 down 12.5% 6th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.3 GPIA 2022 — 27th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 1 GPIA 2022 down 50.0% 16th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 2 GPIA 2022 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 57.1% 2023 up 29.2% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.57 GPIA 2022 — 9th
Distribution of mobile students from abroad with EU and non-EU 0.0% 2024 — 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.8% 2020 up 0.2% 8th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 80.4% 2022 down 1.1% 5th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at 0.9872 GPIA 2022 up 2.9% 32nd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 81.5% 2022 down 3.9% 5th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 96.2% 2020 up 2.9% 12th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0.25 GPIA 2022 unchanged 38th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2022 up 200.0% 7th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 81.8% 2022 down 2.3% 7th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 77.1% 2022 down 4.0% 4th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.9431 LTPIA 2022 down 1.7% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0.6667 GPIA 2022 — 32nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.67 GPIA 2019 down 16.7% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 91.9% 2023 up 16.5% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 96.6% 2020 up 3.2% 15th
Proportion of youth and adults that found, downloaded, installed and 57.0% 2020 up 57.0% 17th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 31.7% 2020 up 39.4% 8th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.1 NPIA 2020 down 3.5% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 1.57 GPIA 2022 — 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.27 GPIA 2022 up 90.9% 10th
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 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 26.1% 18th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 60.2% 2023 up 29.6% 2nd
Public educational expenditure by education level, programme 685.5 Million euro 2022 up 253.2% 27th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 92.3% 2023 up 13.4% 2nd
Public expenditure on education per pupil/student based on FTE by 10,718 Euro 2022 up 100.0% 9th
Overall life satisfaction by sex, age and educational attainment 7.7 Rating (0-10) 2025 down 2.5% 27th
Overall life satisfaction by level of satisfaction, age and 27.3% 2025 up 1.5% 34th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 34.7% 2020 up 47.3% 11th
Trust in others by sex, age and educational attainment 7 Rating (0-10) 2025 up 12.9% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.88 GPIA 2022 up 2.3% 8th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 33.2% 2020 up 43.5% 10th
Annual expenditure on educational institutions per pupil/student 12,047 Euro 2022 up 124.4% 8th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 63.0% 2023 up 23.1% 1st
Expenditure of the educational institutions by education level 770.5 Million euro 2022 up 296.8% 26th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.9% 2020 up 0.2% 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.25 NPIA 2023 down 6.2% 10th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 2 GPIA 2022 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.26 GPIA 2022 up 152.2% 20th
R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, educational 35,170 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2015 up 110.7% 28th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 82.1% 2022 down 1.8% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 95.9% 2020 up 3.4% 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 9.7% 2020 up 57.9% 29th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 1.09 GPIA 2020 up 5.0% 23rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 GPIA 2022 — 27th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1 NPIA 2020 down 0.1% 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9928 GPIA 2020 down 0.7% 16th
Teachers (full database) — Classroom teachers (ISCED 0-4) and 25,695 Persons 2024 up 60.6% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 1 GPIA 2022 down 33.3% 23rd
Ratio of annual expenditure per student at the tertiary level and 3 Rate 2022 up 76.5% 2nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% 14th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 64.6% 2023 up 19.4% 1st