Persons with at most lower secondary educational attainment level by age

In 2024, Ireland's persons with at most lower secondary educational attainment level by age decreased by 16.0% compared to 2023, reaching 4.20.

Ireland accounts for 30.2% of the EU-27 total of 13.9.

Ireland ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 43.2% (from 7.40 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00197, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.