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Ireland: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

51.25percent · 2023+37.8% since 2013

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for Ireland from 2002 to 2023.

20022023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202351.249
202247.913
202146.431
202043.994
201941.754
201841.404
201736.656
201639.685
201539.308
201438.423
201337.186
201235.809
201131.803
201033.913
200932.476
200831.163
200729.869
200627.223
200525.716
200425.009
200323.575
200221.923

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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