IE · 2022 · educ_uoe_enrt03
Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme orientation, sex and field of education
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme orientation, sex and field of education decreased by 0.9% compared to 2021, reaching 247,231.
Ireland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 17,803,433.
Ireland ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.9% (from 225,031 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset educ_uoe_enrt03, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.