Education in Ireland

3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 63.2% 2023 up 30.1% 2nd
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 1.1% 2021 down 88.6% 26th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% 16th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.8% 2022 up 74.9% 11th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 56.6% 2022 down 16.9% 7th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 90.0% 2022 down 5.9% 13th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at 0.6294 WPIA 2022 down 11.6% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 1 GPIA 2022 down 50.0% 19th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 61.2% 2023 up 33.4% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.9% 2020 up 24.8% 18th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.4016 LPIA 2022 down 17.9% 17th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 10.1% 2020 up 58.7% 26th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.8% 2020 up 0.4% 8th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 77.7% 2022 down 5.6% 5th
Pupils and students enrolled by education level and programme 127,907 Number 2022 up 79.1% 29th
Public expenditure on education by education level and programme 0.2% 2022 up 100.0% 37th
Pupils enrolled in vocational upper secondary and post-secondary 105,767 Number 2024 up 48.8% 23rd
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and field of 105,767 Number 2024 up 48.8% 23rd
Distribution of students at education level and programme orientation 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 10.6% 2020 up 59.5% 26th
Funding of education by education level, programme orientation and 100.0% 2022 unchanged 1st
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.9471 NPIA 2022 down 3.9% 14th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.08 GPIA 2020 up 0.9% 19th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.9% 2023 down 3.2% 11th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.9% 2020 up 47.1% 13th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.3942 LPIA 2023 down 11.3% 19th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9989 GPIA 2020 down 0.0% 14th
Public subsidies to the private sector by education level and 0 Million euro 2022 down 100.0% 27th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 79.5% 2022 down 0.5% 2nd
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 0.9908 GPIA 2022 up 2.8% 32nd
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 80.2% 2022 down 3.3% 2nd
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 49.5% 2020 up 34.1% 2nd
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 1.33 NPIA 2020 down 3.2% 6th
Proportion of youth and adults that sent messages (e.g. e-mail) 86.0% 2020 up 64.4% 9th
Repeaters in Grade 7 of primary education, both sexes 179 number 2018 down 40.1% 16th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 47.5% 2020 up 31.4% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.9% 2022 up 104.9% 8th
Total educational expenditure by education level, programme 770.5 Million euro 2022 up 296.8% 23rd
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.455 LPIA 2022 down 17.0% 11th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 91.8% 2022 down 2.3% 1st
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 0.6% 48th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 85.5% 2022 down 1.7% 2nd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 89.5% 2022 down 1.7% 2nd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 89.6% 2022 down 1.6% 1st
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.928 LTPIA 2022 down 0.8% 4th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 83.0% 2022 down 2.5% 2nd
Private educational expenditure by education level, programme 85 Million euro 2022 up 42,400.0% 25th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 94.4% 2022 down 4.2% 2nd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 74.2% 2022 down 7.5% 2nd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.7856 WPIA 2022 down 3.4% 2nd
Repeaters in Grade 7 of primary education, female 98 number 2018 down 25.8% 16th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 82.8% 2022 down 5.7% 2nd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.9235 NPIA 2022 down 4.2% 13th
Female school-management personnel - as % of total school-management 98.4% 2024 down 0.4% 6th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 90.7% 2022 down 1.8% 1st
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 0.7% 47th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 84.2% 2022 down 1.0% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America, both sexes 54 2012 up 58.8% 32nd
Ratio of pupils to teachers and teacher aides by education level and 3 Rate 2023 down 23.1% 25th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 0 2012 down 100.0% 5th