Education in Ireland 3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 1.5% 117th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 94.2% 2025 up 4.3% 9th Teachers in secondary education, male 10,420 2023 — 113th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 49.2% 112th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 56.0% 98th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 53.2% 110th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 85.7% 2022 up 22.1% 40th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 69.7% 2022 up 5.2% 24th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.19 GPIA 2022 up 12.3% 105th Primary education, teachers 84.5% 2023 down 0.5% 63rd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 4,823 number 1997 down 3.3% 114th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.79 % change on previous year 2012 down 107.4% 160th Repeaters, primary, total 0.4% 2017 down 36.5% 145th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.2 years 2022 up 26.1% 43rd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.48 years 2022 up 9.8% 27th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.17 GPIA 2022 up 11.7% 111th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.0% 2018 down 97.7% 186th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.81 years 2022 up 3.8% 8th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 93.7% 2022 down 4.2% 107th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 12,609 number 2010 up 15.7% 82nd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 17 2024 down 32.0% 156th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 24 2024 down 17.2% 153rd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 81 2024 up 6.6% 144th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 105 2024 down 15.3% 142nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 95.7% 2017 down 4.2% 143rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 94.1% 2017 down 6.7% 151st Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 5.0% 2022 up 125.3% 124th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.67 years 2022 up 62.5% 114th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.68 years 2022 up 63.2% 112th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9931 GPIA 2022 down 0.4% 134th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 78.5% 1997 up 3.0% 182nd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1,039 1997 down 12.7% 56th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 3,784 1997 down 0.4% 111th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2018 up 3.4% 70th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 4,844 2009 up 41.7% 81st Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 37.6% 2009 up 12.9% 109th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 8,029 2009 up 17.4% 78th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 29.3% 187th Number of adults with no formal education by region 1,500 people 2100 down 28.6% 163rd Population by level of education 4.30 million people 2100 up 4.2% 91st Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.28 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 4.1% 22nd Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2017 down 38.0% 137th Repeaters, primary, male 0.5% 2017 down 35.2% 141st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 19.17 years 2022 up 5.9% 13th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 18.46 years 2022 up 1.6% 7th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 4.0% 102nd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 78.5% 1997 up 3.0% 167th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 92.6% 2022 down 3.7% 104th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 94.9% 2022 down 4.6% 95th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 0.9% 66th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 3,784 number 1997 down 0.4% 113th School enrollment, secondary, private 0.5% 2022 down 27.8% 169th School enrollment, primary 95.8% 2017 up 0.5% 58th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 0.9353 GPIA 2022 down 4.8% 217th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.0% 2001 down 99.9% 166th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.3% 2001 down 97.1% 159th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 100.8% 2022 up 0.4% 26th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 111.6% 2018 up 16.7% 6th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 5,661 2023 down 10.8% 58th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 6,662 2023 down 3.0% 92nd ← Previous Page 8 of 53 Next →