Educational attainment … education short-cycle tertiary location in Ireland
Ireland: Educational attainment … education short-cycle tertiary location was 0.8914 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.8914 LPIA
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
8th
of 87 countries
All-time high
0.8914 LPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7118 LPIA
in 1995
Years of data
27
1993–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ireland, 1993–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0.8914 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ireland peaked at 0.8914 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7118 LPIA, in 1995.
Ireland ranks 8th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment … education short-cycle tertiary location in Ireland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.7473 LPIA | — |
| 1994 | 0.7706 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7118 LPIA | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7325 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8057 LPIA | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7391 LPIA | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7224 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7494 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.7533 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8031 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7901 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7995 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8412 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8826 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8431 LPIA | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8466 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8764 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.7967 LPIA | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8352 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8191 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8824 LPIA | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8305 LPIA | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8382 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.8702 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8175 LPIA | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8773 LPIA | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8914 LPIA | +1.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 0.8914 LPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.682 LPIA, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 0.8914 LPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6297 LPIA, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7536 LPIA | 0.7118 LPIA | 0.8057 LPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7747 LPIA | 0.7224 LPIA | 0.8412 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8451 LPIA | 0.7967 LPIA | 0.8826 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8641 LPIA | 0.8175 LPIA | 0.8914 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 5 United Kingdom 1 LPIA compare
- 6 Palestine 0.95 LPIA compare
- 7 Luxembourg 0.9026 LPIA compare
- 9 Malta 0.8868 LPIA compare
- 10 Canada 0.7971 LPIA compare
- 11 United States 0.7832 LPIA compare
More education data for Ireland
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.47 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.19 (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ireland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ireland was 0.8914 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8914 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7118 LPIA in 1995.
- How does Ireland rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Ireland ranks 8th out of 87 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release