IE · 2024 · tesem080

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

Ireland, 2024

Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
109.4
Ireland, 2024
▲ 0.6% vs 2023 (108.8)
Analysis

In 2024, Ireland's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) increased by 0.6% compared to 2023, reaching 109.4.

Ireland accounts for 93.5% of the EU-27 total of 117.0.

Ireland ranks 17th 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 4.4% (from 104.8 in 2019).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
93.5%
EU-27: 117.0
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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