Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ireland
Ireland: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ireland, 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0.4% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.7% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ireland peaked at 0.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2013.
Ireland ranks 40th of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ireland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8% | — |
| 1999 | 0.7% | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -22.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -14.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -31.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +138.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -62.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +20.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ireland?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ireland was 0.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2013.
- How does Ireland rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Ireland ranks 40th out of 114 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Information and Communication Technologies programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release