Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ireland
Ireland: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.8914 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
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 rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 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% |
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, State of 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
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.48 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (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