Education in Ireland

3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 6.59 years 2022 up 12.3% 60th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.77 years 2018 up 32.1% 36th
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2018 down 6.8% 106th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.39 years 2018 up 41.7% 22nd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 14.35 years 2022 up 2.6% 10th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 109.5% 2022 up 1.5% 26th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 70.9% 171st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.006 number per person 2012 up 17.3% 24th
Teachers in primary education, female 27,393 number 2012 up 32.5% 88th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 920 2022 down 36.3% 118th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 1,022 2022 down 41.7% 118th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.3976 number per square kilometre 2012 up 32.5% 81st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2012 up 13.5% 163rd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 12,609 2010 up 15.7% 86th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 59,688 number 2018 up 68.5% 108th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 77.6% 2022 up 13.8% 36th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 112.3% 2022 up 3.6% 17th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 136.1% 2022 up 14.0% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% 30th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 106.8% 2022 down 0.4% 29th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 125.3% 2022 up 7.8% 11th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.08 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% 43rd
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 99.0% 2018 up 0.9% 8th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 14.7 years 2022 up 4.6% 7th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 14 years 2022 up 0.5% 9th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.9% 30th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 3.84 years 2022 up 18.1% 35th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 6.84 years 2022 up 15.3% 62nd
School life expectancy, secondary, male 6.33 years 2022 up 9.1% 73rd
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.07 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% 45th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 33.1% 2017 down 38.7% 157th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.4% 2017 down 57.7% 112th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 1st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 1st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 2nd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 19.76 years 2018 up 14.4% 2nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 4,823 1997 down 3.3% 113th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.67 years 2022 up 62.9% 120th
Productivity vs. educational attainment 158.21 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 80.0% 1st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 94.9% 2017 down 5.5% 149th
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 18th
Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 22nd
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% 112th
Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 21st
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate 4.32 % change on previous year 2012 up 223.1% 55th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 68.0% 2023 53rd
Teachers in secondary education, female 22,111 2023 92nd
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 16.0% 2022 down 5.6% 52nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 98.8% 2025 up 0.7% 24th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 99.0% 2025 up 0.7% 34th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% 111th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 98.7% 2025 up 0.7% 22nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 95.1% 2025 up 3.5% 10th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 96.0% 2025 up 2.6% 14th