Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland
Ireland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 13.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland is 13.6%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland peaked at 40.8% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 2010.
Ireland ranks 67th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 39.0% | — |
| 1965 | 39.0% | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 40.8% | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 36.4% | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 32.8% | -9.9% |
| 1985 | 28.8% | -12.2% |
| 1990 | 27.2% | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 21.2% | -22.1% |
| 2000 | 16.4% | -22.7% |
| 2005 | 13.9% | -14.9% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.0% | 39.0% | 39.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 38.6% | 36.4% | 40.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 30.8% | 28.8% | 32.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 24.2% | 21.2% | 27.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 13.9% | 16.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 13.6% | 13.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32,531 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,942 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 52,745 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49,975 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 456,625 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 548,873 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1053 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Ireland was 13.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 40.8% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.6% in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Ireland ranks 67th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary