Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Ireland
Ireland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 0.8% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Ireland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Ireland stood at 0.8%.
The figure is down 83.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Ireland peaked at 5.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2005.
That places Ireland 122nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.8% | — |
| 1965 | 4.2% | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 4.0% | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 3.4% | -15.0% |
| 1980 | 2.9% | -13.8% |
| 1985 | 2.5% | -15.0% |
| 1990 | 2.3% | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 4.2% | +79.8% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | +22.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -84.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.3% | 2.3% | 4.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 0.8% | 5.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 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 population age 25+ with no education in Ireland?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Ireland was 0.8% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2005.
- How does Ireland rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Ireland ranks 122nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.7%. 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 population age 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of population age 25+ with no education