People living in households with very low work intensity by sex

In 2024, Ireland's people living in households with very low work intensity by sex decreased by 18.7% compared to 2023, reaching 14.8.

Ireland accounts for 93.7% of the EU-27 total of 15.8.

Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 42.6% (from 25.8 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm430, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.