Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland
Ireland: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 78.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland, 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland stood at 78.9%.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland peaked at 100.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 64.1%, in 2010.
Ireland ranks 109th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 100.0% | — |
| 1999 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 65.4% | -34.6% |
| 2005 | 67.3% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 67.7% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 67.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 67.3% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 66.1% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 64.1% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 68.4% | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 68.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +46.9% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 64.3% | -28.3% |
| 2019 | 72.4% | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 75.9% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 76.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 78.9% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 80.1% | 65.4% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.8% | 64.1% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 76.9% | 75.9% | 78.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland was 78.9% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.1% in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Ireland ranks 109th out of 190 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release