Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland
Ireland: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.8959 GPIA in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland, 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0.8959 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8548 GPIA, in 2018.
Ireland ranks 183rd of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9447 GPIA | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9567 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9573 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9577 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9521 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9438 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9557 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9795 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9612 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.07 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8548 GPIA | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8961 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8862 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8907 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8959 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9712 GPIA | 0.9438 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9684 GPIA | 0.8548 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.891 GPIA | 0.8862 GPIA | 0.8959 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 180 New Zealand 0.9167 GPIA compare
- 181 Dominican Republic 0.9091 GPIA compare
- 182 Ethiopia 0.8995 GPIA compare
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 0.8959 GPIA 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 1.07 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8548 GPIA in 2018.
- How does Ireland rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Ireland ranks 183rd out of 183 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 down 6.8%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general 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