Apprenticeship starts (Northern Ireland) Education and skills

This indicator shows apprenticeships started by adults aged 16+ based on home address, rate per 100,000 population, in Northern Ireland, for full academic years 2019/20 to 2023/24

Data sources:
Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) ApprenticeshipsNI (opens in a new tab), Further Education colleges and CAFRE (opens in a new tab) and Higher Education Institutions (opens in a new tab)
Published on:
01 April 2026, 15 January 2026 and 27 March 2026

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Selected time range AY 2019-20 to AY 2023-24
AY 2019-20
AY 2023-24

Note: Confidence intervals are not available for this indicator.

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Apprenticeship starts (Northern Ireland)

Apprenticeship programme starts by people aged 16 or above, per 100,000 people, lower tier/unitary authorities, AY 2023-24

Source: Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) ApprenticeshipsNI(link opens in a new tab) and Further Education colleges and CAFRE(link opens in a new tab) and Higher Education Institutions(link opens in a new tab)

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Apprenticeship starts (Northern Ireland)

Apprenticeship programme starts by people aged 16 or above, per 100,000 people, lower tier/unitary authorities, AY 2019-20 to AY 2023-24

Source: Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) ApprenticeshipsNI(link opens in a new tab) and Further Education colleges and CAFRE(link opens in a new tab) and Higher Education Institutions(link opens in a new tab)

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Apprenticeship starts (Northern Ireland)

Apprenticeship programme starts by people aged 16 or above, per 100,000 people, lower tier/unitary authorities, AY 2023-24

Source: Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) ApprenticeshipsNI(link opens in a new tab) and Further Education colleges and CAFRE(link opens in a new tab) and Higher Education Institutions(link opens in a new tab)

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Apprenticeship starts (Northern Ireland)

Apprenticeship programme starts by people aged 16 or above, per 100,000 people, lower tier/unitary authorities, AY 2019-20 to AY 2023-24

Source: Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) ApprenticeshipsNI(link opens in a new tab) and Further Education colleges and CAFRE(link opens in a new tab) and Higher Education Institutions(link opens in a new tab)

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Interpretation

Starts refer to the number of participants who are in the first year of an apprenticeship programme.

Data relate to participants who have been on their course 28 days or more.

Geography is based upon the home postcode of the learner.

ApprenticeshipsNI includes levels 2 and 3.

Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLA) at further education (FE) colleges in Northern Ireland and the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) includes levels 4, 5 and 6.

HLA at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Northern Ireland includes levels 6 and 7.

2024 mid-year population estimates for Northern Ireland have been used to create a rate per 100,000 population.

Figures produced by each UK nation may differ due to differing sources, time periods, age analysed or differences in methodologies so they are not directly comparable.

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The original source data for this indicator can be found on the following pages: Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) ApprenticeshipsNI(opens in a new tab), Further Education colleges and CAFRE(opens in a new tab) and Higher Education Institutions(opens in a new tab).

Information on the strengths and limitations of the Explore Local Statistics service and methods used is available in the quality and methodology information (QMI) report.

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Apprenticeship starts (Northern Ireland) is one of 104 local indicators on the Explore local statistics service. See the full list of local indicators.

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