Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland
Ireland: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 35.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland, 2004–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 35.7% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
The figure is up 246.5% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland peaked at 35.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2017.
Ireland ranks 51st of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ireland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 34.6% | — |
| 2005 | 32.7% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 32.3% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 32.5% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 32.7% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 33.9% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 35.9% | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 31.6% | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 31.9% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -67.8% |
| 2018 | 35.7% | +246.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.1% | 32.3% | 34.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 10.3% | 35.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 456,625 (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.55 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42,162 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 233,132 (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 223,493 (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 102,720 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -6.21 % change on previous year (2022)
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 35.7% in 2018, 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 35.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2017.
- How does Ireland rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Ireland ranks 51st out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.