Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2021, Ireland's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 3.6% compared to 2020, reaching 125.8.

Ireland accounts for 104.1% of the EU-27 total of 120.8.

Ireland ranks 12th 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 10.9% (from 113.4 in 2016).

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