IE · 2024 · tesem040

Overall employment growth

Ireland, 2024

Overall employment growth
5.40
Ireland, 2024
▼ 22.9% vs 2023 (7.00)
Analysis

In 2024, Ireland's overall employment growth decreased by 22.9% compared to 2023, reaching 5.40.

Ireland accounts for 337.5% of the EU-27 total of 1.60.

Ireland ranks 3rd out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.9% (from 6.20 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#3 of 22
% of EU-27 total · 2024
337.5%
EU-27: 1.60
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2005 2025