Ireland: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 46.88 percentage points in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.83 percentage points in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Ireland had the 54th highest value of the 59 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Ireland in the 2017 ranking

• Greece — 51st of 59: 34.45%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 52nd of 59: 33.95%
• Lithuania — 53rd of 59: 33.73%
• Mozambique — 55th of 59: 32.62%
• Sudan — 56th of 59: 24.28%
• Cyprus — 57th of 59: 23.35%

What this measures

Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 37 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 15.6% (2018)
• Andorra — 39.75% (2018)
• Armenia — 41.74% (2018)
• Austria — 43.5% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 50.13% (2018)
• Belarus — 37.4% (2018)
• Belgium — 50.55% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 46.06% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 41.42% (2017)
• Croatia

More education data for Ireland

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 548,873 (2022)
• Secondary education, pupils — 456,625 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.04 (2020)
• School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.1 (2020)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Ireland's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?

33.08% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 5.38 percentage points from 38.46% in 1971. The highest value was 84.88% in 1975 and the lowest 33.08% in 2017.

How does Ireland rank?

54th highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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