Ireland - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Ireland was 568,495 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 568,495 in 2019 and a minimum value of 358,830 in 1997.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 399,700
1972 399,560
1973 403,700
1974 399,894
1975 402,219
1976 404,818
1977 406,432
1978 410,402
1979 414,624
1980 418,247
1981 419,998
1982 420,871
1983 421,539
1984 420,444
1985 420,665
1986 420,236
1987 422,150
1988 423,402
1989 423,662
1990 422,396
1991 416,747
1992 408,567
1993 402,226
1994 391,998
1995 380,983
1996 367,689
1997 358,830
1998 465,186
1999 456,564
2000 449,638
2001 443,617
2002 445,947
2003 447,618
2004 450,413
2005 454,060
2006 461,588
2007 475,836
2008 486,921
2009 498,838
2010 506,400
2011 511,466
2012 518,223
2013 527,768
2014 536,471
2015 544,856
2016 553,585
2017 559,151
2018 564,304
2019 568,495

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Enrollment includes Individuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation