Years of schooling in Ireland

11.7

years · 2023

47th highest of 193 countries

In 2013: 11.1

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. Oman 11.9
  2. Moldova 11.8
  3. France 11.8
  4. Ireland 11.7
  5. Antigua and Barb. 11.6
  6. Serbia 11.6
  7. Marshall Is. 11.6

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Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.

Unit
years
Years
1990–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Our World in Data
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
Our World in Data; UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0