IE · 2017 · tesem080

Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)

Ireland, 2017

Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
101.0
Ireland, 2017
▲ 1.8% vs 2016 (99.2)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) increased by 1.8% compared to 2016, reaching 101.0.

Ireland accounts for 93.7% of the EU-27 total of 107.8.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.4% (from 86.0 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
93.7%
EU-27: 107.8
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