Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2020, Ireland's employment rates of recent graduates decreased by 5.9% compared to 2019, reaching 79.5.

Ireland accounts for 101.0% of the EU-27 total of 78.7.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 2.1% (from 77.9 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00053, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.