Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Ireland
Ireland: Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG was 94.51 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Ireland, 1990–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 94.51 for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Ireland peaked at 94.51 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 75.08, in 1990.
Ireland ranks 8th of 62 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.78 | 75.08 | 85.82 | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.77 | 86.11 | 88.01 | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.26 | 88.63 | 93.17 | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.01 | 93.51 | 94.51 | 4 |
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 upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Ireland?
- Upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Ireland was 94.51 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 94.51 in 2023.
- What is the lowest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.08 in 1990.
- How does Ireland rank for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Ireland ranks 8th out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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