School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland
Ireland: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 16.15 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland stood at 16.15 years. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.6% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland peaked at 16.15 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.62 years, in 1972.
Ireland ranks 2nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 10.63 years | — |
| 1972 | 10.62 years | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 10.89 years | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 10.91 years | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 11.11 years | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 11.23 years | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 11.31 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 11.35 years | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 11.3 years | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 11.24 years | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 11.17 years | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 11.22 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 11.24 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 11.11 years | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 11.12 years | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 11.28 years | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 11.33 years | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 11.31 years | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 11.25 years | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 11.24 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 11.21 years | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 11.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 11.52 years | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 11.64 years | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 11.7 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 11.69 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 11.84 years | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 13.63 years | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 13.65 years | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 13.7 years | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 13.68 years | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 13.79 years | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 13.81 years | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 13.85 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 13.92 years | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 13.85 years | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 13.9 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 13.85 years | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 14.02 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 14.21 years | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 14.09 years | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 14.04 years | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 13.96 years | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 13.96 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13.95 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 14.22 years | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 16.15 years | +13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.04 years | 10.62 years | 11.35 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 11.23 years | 11.11 years | 11.33 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.94 years | 11.21 years | 13.65 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.84 years | 13.68 years | 14.02 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.33 years | 13.95 years | 16.15 years | 8 |
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 school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Ireland was 16.15 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 16.15 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.62 years in 1972.
- How does Ireland rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Ireland ranks 2nd out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.