IE · 2025 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Ireland, 2025

Gender employment gap
18.0
Ireland, 2025
▼ 3.2% vs 2024 (18.6)
Analysis

In 2025, Ireland's gender employment gap decreased by 3.2% compared to 2024, reaching 18.0.

Ireland accounts for 93.8% of the EU-27 total of 19.2.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 29.1% (from 25.4 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#9 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
93.8%
EU-27: 19.2
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025