4.1 Ireland: Real current public expenditure on education, 2006-2015 | ||||
€ per student at 2015 prices | €m at 2015 prices | |||
Year | Level | Real current public expenditure | ||
Primary | Second1 | Third | ||
2006 | 5,471 | 7,731 | 10,054 | 7,327 |
2007 | 6,064 | 8,820 | 10,806 | 7,644 |
2008 | 6,753 | 9,774 | 11,676 | 7,878 |
2009 | 6,992 | 9,852 | 11,052 | 8,153 |
2010 | 6,338 | 8,794 | 9,778 | 8,105 |
2011 | 6,418 | 8,860 | 9,223 | 8,017 |
2012 | 6,417 | 8,939 | 8,721 | 7,823 |
2013 | 6,326 | 8,320 | 8,194 | 7,804 |
2014 | 6,005 | 8,115 | 7,591 | 7,827 |
2015 | 6,295 | 8,257 | 7,576 | 8,019 |
Source: Department of Education and Skills, CSO | ||||
1 Second level includes further education, e.g. post-Leaving Certificate programmes. |
Primary | Second | Third | |
2006 | 5470.70344149626 | 7731.28479534426 | 10053.7511969158 |
2007 | 6063.95798396832 | 8819.62545013476 | 10806.0026679237 |
2008 | 6752.89307402152 | 9773.79358358854 | 11675.5128895297 |
2009 | 6992.24148315193 | 9852.08352499811 | 11052.2454897561 |
2010 | 6337.9257320589 | 8794.30267600907 | 9778.02573186349 |
2011 | 6418.125960006 | 8859.7241327448 | 9222.56833092017 |
2012 | 6417.39449172185 | 8938.51705953161 | 8720.86750516162 |
2013 | 6326.31705461519 | 8320.03005456674 | 8193.6582930958 |
2014 | 6004.84220882909 | 8114.76918106718 | 7591.20372835087 |
2015 | 6294.71791212063 | 8256.65520846348 | 7576.22249839425 |
4.2 Ireland: Numbers of students1 by level, 2008-2017 | ||||
number | ||||
Year | Level | |||
Primary | Second | Third - full-time | Third - part-time | |
2007/2008 | 486,444 | 335,123 | 139,134 | 33,883 |
2008/2009 | 498,914 | 341,312 | 146,068 | 33,027 |
2009/2010 | 505,998 | 350,687 | 156,973 | 32,806 |
2010/2011 | 509,652 | 356,107 | 161,647 | 32,622 |
2011/2012 | 516,458 | 359,047 | 163,068 | 33,778 |
2012/2013 | 526,422 | 362,847 | 164,863 | 35,778 |
2013/2014 | 536,317 | 367,178 | 169,254 | 36,153 |
2014/2015 | 544,696 | 372,296 | 173,649 | 36,975 |
2015/2016 | 553,380 | 378,003 | 179,850 | 39,632 |
2016/2017 | 558,314 | 384,226 | 181,039 | 39,625 |
Source: Department of Education and Skills | ||||
1 Only students in institutions which are aided by the Department of Education and Skills are included in this table. |
Primary | Second | Third full-time | Third part-time | |
2007/2008 | 486444 | 335123 | 139134 | 33883 |
2008/2009 | 498914 | 341312 | 146068 | 33027 |
2009/2010 | 505998 | 350687 | 156973 | 32806 |
2010/2011 | 509652 | 356107 | 161647 | 32622 |
2011/2012 | 516458 | 359047 | 163068 | 33778 |
2012/2013 | 526422 | 362847 | 164863 | 35778 |
2013/2014 | 536317 | 367178 | 169254 | 36153 |
2014/2015 | 544696 | 372296 | 173649 | 36975 |
2015/2016 | 553380 | 378003 | 179850 | 39632 |
2016/2017 | 558314 | 384226 | 181039 | 39625 |
4.3 EU: Public expenditure on education, 2012-2014 | |||
% of GDP | |||
Country | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Sweden | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
Finland | : | : | 6.8 |
Belgium | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Ireland (% of GNI*) | 8.1 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
Cyprus | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
Malta | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
United Kingdom | : | 5.9 | 5.9 |
France | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Netherlands | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Austria | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
Latvia | 6.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
EU28 | : | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Portugal | : | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Slovenia | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
Ireland (% of GDP) | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
Poland | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Germany | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
Lithuania | 4.8 | : | 4.4 |
Bulgaria | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Spain | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Slovakia | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Italy | : | 4.2 | 4.1 |
Luxembourg | 4.4 | : | 4.0 |
Czech Republic | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
Romania | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Denmark | : | : | : |
Estonia | 4.8 | 4.9 | : |
Greece | : | : | : |
Croatia | : | : | : |
Hungary | 4.1 | 4.0 | : |
Iceland | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 |
Norway | : | 6.5 | 6.7 |
Switzerland | 5.2 | : | 5.0 |
Source: Eurostat |
4.4 EU: Ratio of students to teachers1, 2015 | |||
ratio | |||
Country | Primary | Lower secondary | Upper secondary |
Greece | 9.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
Lithuania | 10.3 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
Luxembourg | 10.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
Poland | 11.1 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
Hungary | 11.2 | 10.6 | 11.5 |
Latvia | 11.6 | 7.7 | 9.7 |
Austria | 11.8 | 8.7 | 10.1 |
Denmark | 11.9 | 11.0 | 13.1 |
Cyprus | 12.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
Italy | 12.4 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
Belgium | 12.8 | 9.5 | 9.9 |
Sweden | 12.8 | 12.3 | 14.4 |
Estonia | 13.3 | 9.5 | 15.2 |
Malta | 13.6 | 6.9 | 8.9 |
Finland | 13.6 | 9.0 | 16.5 |
Spain | 13.7 | 11.9 | 11.1 |
Portugal | 13.7 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
Croatia | 14.3 | 9.0 | 9.7 |
EU 28 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 12.9 |
Germany | 15.4 | 13.3 | 13.0 |
Slovenia | 15.9 | 8.5 | 13.4 |
Ireland | 16.4 | : | 13.9 |
Netherlands | 16.6 | 16.0 | 18.0 |
Slovakia | 17.2 | 11.6 | 13.5 |
Bulgaria | 17.8 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
United Kingdom | 18.4 | 14.3 | 26.1 |
Czech Republic | 19.0 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
France | 19.0 | 15.1 | 10.4 |
Romania | 19.1 | 11.9 | 14.3 |
Norway | 10.3 | 9.5 | 10.3 |
Iceland | 10.7 | 10.5 | : |
Switzerland | 13.8 | 10.8 | : |
Macedonia | 14.7 | 9.1 | 12.1 |
Serbia | 15.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
Turkey | 19.3 | 18.4 | 14.8 |
Source: Eurostat | |||
1 2014 data used for Denmark, Switzerland and Turkey. 2014 data used for Greece for primary and lower secondary and 2013 data used for upper secondary. 2013 data used for Ireland. |
4.5 EU: Persons aged 25-34 with third level education by sex, 2016 | ||||
% of population aged 25-34 | ||||
Country | Males | Females | Persons | Percentage points differential |
Cyprus | 45.0 | 65.3 | 55.4 | 9.9 |
Lithuania | 44.2 | 66.1 | 54.9 | 11.2 |
Sweden | 40.1 | 56.1 | 47.9 | 8.2 |
United Kingdom | 44.5 | 49.1 | 46.8 | 2.3 |
Ireland | 41.0 | 52.0 | 46.7 | 5.3 |
Luxembourg | 43.4 | 48.6 | 46.0 | 2.7 |
Netherlands | 39.4 | 49.4 | 44.4 | 5.0 |
Belgium | 37.3 | 50.7 | 44.0 | 6.7 |
France | 37.7 | 47.4 | 42.7 | 4.7 |
Denmark | 35.6 | 48.4 | 41.9 | 6.5 |
Slovenia | 30.9 | 53.5 | 41.7 | 11.8 |
Greece | 35.0 | 48.3 | 41.6 | 6.7 |
Latvia | 29.2 | 53.6 | 41.2 | 12.5 |
Estonia | 32.0 | 50.8 | 41.0 | 9.8 |
Finland | 33.1 | 48.9 | 40.8 | 8.1 |
Spain | 33.9 | 46.0 | 40.0 | 6.0 |
Poland | 31.2 | 48.9 | 39.9 | 9.0 |
Austria | 36.0 | 43.1 | 39.5 | 3.7 |
EU 28 | 32.6 | 42.5 | 37.5 | 5.0 |
Portugal | 26.6 | 42.2 | 34.5 | 7.7 |
Malta | 30.1 | 37.5 | 33.8 | 3.7 |
Slovakia | 25.7 | 41.4 | 33.4 | 8.1 |
Bulgaria | 25.8 | 39.6 | 32.5 | 7.2 |
Czech Republic | 26.4 | 38.8 | 32.4 | 6.4 |
Croatia | 24.4 | 40.5 | 32.3 | 8.2 |
Germany | 29.6 | 31.5 | 30.5 | 1.0 |
Hungary | 23.8 | 36.0 | 29.8 | 6.2 |
Italy | 19.4 | 31.6 | 25.4 | 6.1 |
Romania | 22.6 | 27.3 | 24.9 | 2.4 |
Norway | 41.7 | 58.1 | 49.7 | 8.4 |
Switzerland | 48.6 | 47.9 | 48.3 | -0.4 |
Iceland | 32.3 | 48.2 | 40.4 | 7.8 |
Macedonia | 26.5 | 38.1 | 32.2 | 5.9 |
Turkey | 29.2 | 28.3 | 28.7 | -0.5 |
Source: Eurostat |
EU28 | Ireland | |
2007 | 29.4646699194274 | 42.322537383134 |
2008 | 30.512513980334 | 42.8279369529319 |
2009 | 31.8969220198957 | 45.0859418525473 |
2010 | 32.5242052235079 | 45.5669664916565 |
2011 | 33.6148202834664 | 45.0293923654593 |
2012 | 34.684825915554 | 46.925812973861 |
2013 | 35.5914611102649 | 48.5200138069625 |
2014 | 36.4074734960263 | 47.6306914118622 |
2015 | 37.0420882331899 | 48.6239790849042 |
2016 | 37.4931106807384 | 46.6823928447393 |
4.6 EU: Student performance on the mathematical, reading and scientific literacy scales, 2015 | |||||
Mean score of 15 year old students | |||||
Country | Mathematical literacy | Reading literacy | Scientific literacy | ||
Estonia | 520 | 519 | 534 | ||
Netherlands | 512 | 503 | 509 | ||
Denmark | 511 | 500 | 502 | ||
Finland | 511 | 526 | 531 | ||
Slovenia | 510 | 505 | 513 | ||
Belgium | 507 | 499 | 502 | ||
Germany | 506 | 509 | 509 | ||
Poland | 504 | 506 | 501 | ||
Ireland | 504 | 521 | 503 | ||
Austria | 497 | 485 | 495 | ||
Sweden | 494 | 500 | 493 | ||
France | 493 | 499 | 495 | ||
United Kingdom | 492 | 498 | 509 | ||
Czech Republic | 492 | 487 | 493 | ||
Portugal | 492 | 498 | 501 | ||
OECD average | 490 | 493 | 493 | ||
Italy | 490 | 485 | 481 | ||
Spain | 486 | 496 | 493 | ||
Luxembourg | 486 | 481 | 483 | ||
Latvia | 482 | 488 | 490 | ||
Malta | 479 | 447 | 465 | ||
Lithuania | 478 | 472 | 475 | ||
Hungary | 477 | 470 | 477 | ||
Slovak Republic | 475 | 453 | 461 | ||
Croatia | 464 | 487 | 475 | ||
Greece | 454 | 467 | 455 | ||
Romania | 444 | 434 | 435 | ||
Bulgaria | 441 | 432 | 446 | ||
Cyprus | 437 | 443 | 433 | ||
Switzerland | 521 | 492 | 506 | ||
Norway | 502 | 513 | 498 | ||
Iceland | 488 | 482 | 473 | ||
Turkey | 420 | 428 | 425 | ||
Source: OECD, Educational Research Centre |
4.7 EU: Young people aged 18-24 neither in employment nor in education and training by sex (NEET rates), 2016 | ||||
% of population aged 18-24 | ||||
Country | Persons | Males | Females | Gender differential |
Netherlands | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
Denmark | 7.7 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
Luxembourg | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.6 | -1.2 |
Malta | 8.3 | 6.7 | 10.0 | -3.3 |
Sweden | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 1.1 |
Czech Republic | 9.1 | 7.1 | 11.3 | -4.2 |
Germany | 9.2 | 8.4 | 10.1 | -1.7 |
Austria | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 0.9 |
Slovenia | 10.5 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 2.5 |
Estonia | 11.4 | 8.7 | 14.1 | -5.4 |
Lithuania | 12.6 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 1.6 |
Belgium | 13.1 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 0.5 |
Finland | 13.7 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 2.1 |
United Kingdom | 14.0 | 13.1 | 14.9 | -1.8 |
Poland | 14.1 | 13.4 | 14.9 | -1.5 |
Hungary | 14.2 | 11.2 | 17.3 | -6.1 |
Latvia | 14.9 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 4.0 |
Portugal | 14.9 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 0.9 |
EU 28 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 15.7 | -1.0 |
Slovakia | 15.5 | 13.5 | 17.6 | -4.1 |
Ireland | 15.9 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 0.8 |
France | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 0.4 |
Spain | 19.1 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 1.0 |
Croatia | 21.7 | 24.1 | 19.0 | 5.1 |
Greece | 21.9 | 21.7 | 22.1 | -0.4 |
Romania | 21.9 | 17.2 | 26.8 | -9.6 |
Bulgaria | 22.3 | 21.3 | 23.5 | -2.2 |
Cyprus | 22.3 | 21.6 | 23.1 | -1.5 |
Italy | 26.0 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 0.4 |
Iceland | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
Norway | 7.4 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 1.7 |
Switzerland | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 1.4 |
Turkey | 30.7 | 18.0 | 43.3 | -25.3 |
Macedonia | 32.1 | 31.3 | 33.1 | -1.8 |
Source: Eurostat | ||||
4.8 EU: Mathematics, Science and Technology graduates, 20151 | |||
per 1,000 population aged 20-29 | |||
Country | Males | Females | Total |
Ireland | 45.4 | 17.9 | 31.5 |
Finland | 33.6 | 13.4 | 23.7 |
Spain | 31.4 | 13.3 | 22.4 |
Austria | 32.6 | 11.4 | 22.1 |
United Kingdom | 27.2 | 17.0 | 22.1 |
France | 28.7 | 14.2 | 21.4 |
Poland | 23.6 | 19.0 | 21.4 |
Germany | 29.2 | 11.3 | 20.5 |
Denmark | 26.9 | 13.2 | 20.2 |
EU 28 | 24.9 | 13.1 | 19.1 |
Portugal | 22.7 | 14.6 | 18.6 |
Lithuania | 24.9 | 11.7 | 18.5 |
Czech Republic | 22.0 | 12.2 | 17.2 |
Slovenia | 21.3 | 12.8 | 17.2 |
Croatia | 21.4 | 12.1 | 16.8 |
Slovakia | 20.9 | 12.0 | 16.6 |
Greece | 20.0 | 12.4 | 16.2 |
Malta | 21.7 | 10.0 | 16.1 |
Sweden | 19.8 | 10.6 | 15.3 |
Romania | 16.7 | 13.0 | 14.9 |
Bulgaria | 17.7 | 11.3 | 14.6 |
Italy | 15.8 | 11.2 | 13.5 |
Belgium | 19.4 | 7.1 | 13.3 |
Latvia | 17.2 | 8.4 | 12.9 |
Estonia | 14.1 | 11.4 | 12.8 |
Hungary | 16.2 | 8.0 | 12.2 |
Netherlands | 14.6 | 5.0 | 9.9 |
Cyprus | 9.5 | 7.0 | 8.3 |
Luxembourg | 3.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
Switzerland | 30.5 | 9.2 | 20.0 |
Serbia | 17.7 | 11.9 | 14.9 |
Norway | 20.1 | 8.6 | 14.5 |
Turkey | 15.6 | 8.3 | 12.0 |
Macedonia | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
Source: Eurostat | |||
1 2014 data used for Greece, the Netherlands and Serbia. |
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