Education in Ireland 3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, tertiary education, female 159,422 2024 up 17.4% 122nd School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 329,317 2024 up 19.2% 122nd School age population, lower secondary education, male 118,478 2024 up 27.2% 122nd School age population, lower secondary education, female 112,900 2024 up 27.7% 122nd School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 231,378 2024 up 27.5% 122nd School age population, last grade of primary education, male 38,981 2024 up 23.8% 119th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 37,462 2024 up 24.3% 119th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 76,443 2024 up 24.0% 119th School age population, primary education, male 288,275 2024 up 6.7% 108th School age population, primary education, female 274,561 2024 up 6.3% 108th School age population, primary education, both sexes 562,836 2024 up 6.5% 108th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 33,100 2024 down 10.9% 121st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 31,664 2024 down 10.8% 123rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 64,764 2024 down 10.8% 122nd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 31,194 2024 down 12.8% 125th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 30,118 2024 down 12.9% 125th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 61,312 2024 down 12.9% 125th School age population, pre-primary education, male 61,223 2024 up 71.2% 139th School age population, pre-primary education, female 58,555 2024 up 69.2% 139th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 119,778 2024 up 70.2% 139th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 548,873 2022 up 5.9% 108th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 98.2% 2022 down 1.8% 71st Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, pupils 548,873 2022 up 5.9% 108th Primary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 1st Secondary education, pupils 456,625 2022 up 34.0% 114th Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.321 units per square kilometre 2023 — 99th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 95.5% 2022 down 6.5% 159th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% 28th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 97.6% 2022 down 4.5% 134th School life expectancy, primary, male 7.67 years 2022 down 5.6% 16th School life expectancy, primary, female 7.85 years 2022 down 3.2% 11th Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 1.8% 2022 up 3,031.3% 133rd Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 3.59 % change on previous year 2017 up 536.7% 56th School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% 28th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 117.1% 2018 up 11.9% 6th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 124.2% 2018 up 16.0% 5th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 15.39 years 2018 up 13.4% 2nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2018 up 2.9% 17th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 16.15 years 2018 up 16.7% 2nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 49,975 2022 up 41.1% 115th Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 52,745 2022 up 42.9% 115th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 1,942 2022 down 39.3% 121st Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per 0.0134 units per square kilometre 2022 down 36.3% 137th Government expenditure on education, total 2.9% 2021 down 49.7% 150th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per square 0.0148 units per square kilometre 2022 down 41.7% 141st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2018 down 2.6% 183rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 1.78 number per square kilometre 2018 up 69.9% 106th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita 0.004 units per person 2017 down 65.8% 116th Secondary education, vocational pupils 19,280 2017 down 62.4% 114th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 32,531 2023 — 107th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 9.1 % change on previous year 2018 up 15.3% 25th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.4722 units per square kilometre 2023 — 109th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.2799 units per square kilometre 2017 down 62.4% 113th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 99.5% 2022 — 15th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 130.6% 2022 up 10.9% 10th Number of under-five deaths, male 113 2024 down 21.5% 146th Number of under-five deaths, female 93 2024 down 19.8% 146th Number of infant deaths, male 100 2024 down 18.7% 146th Number of infant deaths, female 82 2024 down 17.2% 145th ← Previous Page 6 of 53 Next →