Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ireland
Ireland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8706 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ireland, 1995–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0.8706 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ireland peaked at 0.8857 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7111 LPIA, in 1995.
That places Ireland 38th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ireland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.7111 LPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.7145 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7402 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.769 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7796 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7959 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8108 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.803 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8039 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8326 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8361 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8043 LPIA | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8069 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8236 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8181 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.833 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.83 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8352 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8406 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8299 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8565 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.854 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8857 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8706 LPIA | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7219 LPIA | 0.7111 LPIA | 0.7402 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7993 LPIA | 0.769 LPIA | 0.8326 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8258 LPIA | 0.8043 LPIA | 0.8406 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8667 LPIA | 0.854 LPIA | 0.8857 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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 upper secondary education or in Ireland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ireland was 0.8706 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8857 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7111 LPIA in 1995.
- How does Ireland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ireland ranks 38th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release