Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2025, Ireland's employment rates of recent graduates increased by 1.6% compared to 2024, reaching 89.1.

Ireland accounts for 107.3% of the EU-27 total of 83.0.

Ireland ranks 4th 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 12.1% (from 79.5 in 2020).

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