What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Eritrea and Ireland?

819 number, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Ireland?

44 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Eritrea vs Ireland: School age population, tertiary education, male

Eritrea

153,559 number

in 2016

Ireland

152,740 number

in 2018

Eritrea rank

124th

Ireland rank

125th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Eritrea
Ireland

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 153,559 number against 152,740 number in Ireland, a difference of 819 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ireland ahead.

Eritrea ranks 124th and Ireland ranks 125th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Ireland in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1970s	63,534 number	140,047 number	76,513 number	Ireland
1980s	86,090 number	155,765 number	69,675 number	Ireland
1990s	94,878 number	168,362 number	73,484 number	Ireland
2000s	152,824 number	163,442 number	10,619 number	Ireland
2010s	165,631 number	144,626 number	21,006 number	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Eritrea or Ireland?: Eritrea, at 153,559 number against 152,740 number in Ireland as of 2016.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Eritrea and Ireland?: 819 number, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Ireland?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Eritrea and Ireland rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Eritrea ranks 124th and Ireland ranks 125th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.