IE · 2025 · tesem080
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
Ireland, 2025
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
109.8
Ireland, 2025
▲ 0.4% vs 2024 (109.4)
Analysis
In 2025, Ireland's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) increased by 0.4% compared to 2024, reaching 109.8.
Ireland accounts for 94.3% of the EU-27 total of 116.4.
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 7.0% (from 102.6 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
94.3%
EU-27: 116.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem080