Percentage of population (age group 25-64) in private households with at least upper secondary educational attainment

In 2014, Ireland's percentage of population (age group 25-64) in private households with at least upper secondary educational attainment increased by 4.2% compared to 2013, reaching 80.3.

Ireland accounts for 106.4% of the EU-27 total of 75.5.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.3% (from 71.5 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem240, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.