IE · 2022 · lfsa_ergaed
Employment rates by educational attainment level
Ireland, 2022
Employment rates by educational attainment level
87.6%
Ireland, 2022
▲ 2.3% vs 2021 (85.6%)
Analysis
In 2022, Ireland's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 2.3% compared to 2021, reaching 87.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 87.4%.
Ireland ranks 18th 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 3.4% (from 84.7% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_ergaed, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
100.2%
EU-27: 87.4%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · lfsa_ergaed