Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Ireland
Ireland: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 15.1% in 2022. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Ireland, 2011β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 15.1% for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Ireland peaked at 15.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2014.
That places Ireland 19th out of 78 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.0% | 9.8% | 12.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 13.8% | 12.4% | 15.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 16 Czechia 16.2% compare
- 17 United States 15.8% compare
- 18 Spain 15.6% compare
- 20 Belgium 14.8% compare
- 21 United Kingdom 14.7% compare
- 22 Netherlands 14.5% compare
More education data for Ireland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 42,162 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0079 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Ireland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Ireland was 15.1% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2014.
- How does Ireland rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Ireland ranks 19th out of 78 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release