Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2021, Ireland's employment rates of recent graduates increased by 8.8% compared to 2020, reaching 86.5.

Ireland accounts for 108.8% of the EU-27 total of 79.5.

Ireland ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.2% (from 82.2 in 2016).

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