IE · 2024 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Ireland, 2024

Gender employment gap
18.6
Ireland, 2024
▼ 6.1% vs 2023 (19.8)
Analysis

In 2024, Ireland's gender employment gap decreased by 6.1% compared to 2023, reaching 18.6.

Ireland accounts for 93.0% of the EU-27 total of 20.0.

Ireland ranks 9th 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 25.6% (from 25.0 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
93.0%
EU-27: 20.0
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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