IE · 2017 · tesem050

Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

Ireland, 2017

Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64
116.6
Ireland, 2017
▲ 2.8% vs 2016 (113.4)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 2.8% compared to 2016, reaching 116.6.

Ireland accounts for 105.0% of the EU-27 total of 111.0.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.5% (from 98.4 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
105.0%
EU-27: 111.0
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