Euro area vs Ireland: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in

Euro area
3.0%
in 2019
Ireland
16.8%
in 2018
Euro area rank
7th
Ireland rank
8th

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Euro area
  • Ireland
051015199720082019

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 16.8% against 3.0% in Euro area, a difference of 13.8%.

That makes Ireland's figure about 5.6 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Euro area ahead.

Euro area ranks 7th and Ireland ranks 8th of 45 groups.

Across the 2 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 1 and Ireland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Ireland Difference Ahead
2000s 3.5% 2.9% 0.5% Euro area
2010s 3.3% 7.1% 3.8% Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in, Euro area or Ireland?
Ireland, at 16.8% against 3.0% in Euro area as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Euro area and Ireland?
13.8%, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Ireland?
9 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.
How do Euro area and Ireland rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
Euro area ranks 7th and Ireland ranks 8th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,099 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.