Education in Ireland 3,151 indicators covering education for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 157 2023 up 4.7% 65th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 61 2023 down 6.2% 103rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 667 2023 up 177.9% 87th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 12 2023 down 33.3% 88th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 11 2023 up 1,000.0% 95th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 34 2023 — 36th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 81st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 156th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 4,844 number 2009 up 41.7% 74th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 19.1% 89th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 1.0% 2022 up 26.5% 201st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 840.8% 81st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 45.3% 73rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 29th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2018 up 0.1% 99th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 12 2023 up 50.0% 122nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 11 2023 up 266.7% 116th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.4% 2023 up 138.4% 56th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 4.0% 2023 down 16.9% 80th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 3.4% 2023 down 23.6% 38th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 10.3% 49th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 235.7% 101st Share of primary school teachers who are women 84.5% 2023 down 0.5% 68th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 23.8% 99th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.36 GPIA 2022 up 25.1% 5th Share of students studying abroad 6.9% 2022 down 28.8% 74th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 582 2022 down 52.6% 107th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 8 2025 down 11.1% 140th End month of the academic school year 5 2025 down 16.7% 190th Enrolment in primary education, female 275,444 number 2018 up 16.1% 103rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 101.2% 2022 up 0.1% 27th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 100.3% 2022 up 0.7% 23rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% 110th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 1.1% 2017 down 42.8% 108th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 371 2022 down 39.5% 119th Over-age students, primary 0.6% 2017 down 51.9% 178th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 233 2022 down 32.9% 119th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 177 2022 down 10.6% 131st Secondary education, teachers 68.0% 2023 — 51st School enrollment, primary, female 97.3% 2011 up 3.2% 27th School enrollment, primary, male 97.7% 2011 up 2.9% 23rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2020 unchanged 24th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 10 2025 unchanged 73rd Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 0 2025 — 61st Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 99.1% 2022 up 1.0% 8th Over-age students, primary, male 0.7% 2017 down 50.2% 179th Over-age students, primary, female 0.4% 2017 down 54.4% 181st School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 126,093 number 2019 up 4.5% 85th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 61,794 number 2019 up 2.3% 84th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 64,299 number 2019 up 6.6% 85th Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 37th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 0.7% 2017 down 39.2% 118th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 115.1% 2018 up 19.7% 6th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2018 up 5.3% 59th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 108.3% 2018 up 13.7% 7th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 126 2022 down 37.3% 121st Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 123.1% 2018 up 18.8% 9th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 244 2022 down 56.2% 106th Compulsory education, duration 10 years 2025 unchanged 81st ← Previous Page 9 of 53 Next →