Work & Labour in Ireland 89 indicators covering work & labour for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 53.5% 2025 up 20.0% 28th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.8% 2025 up 7.2% 52nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.8% 2025 up 5.0% 62nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.1% 2025 up 1.6% 89th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 85.2% 2025 up 7.3% 56th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 53.6% 2025 up 13.1% 37th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 73.0% 2025 up 11.9% 44th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 81.5% 2025 up 3.1% 55th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 77.2% 2025 up 7.1% 43rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.8% 2025 up 9.0% 51st Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 81.7% 2025 up 6.7% 45th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 67.6% 2025 up 3.4% 33rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 89.6% 2025 down 0.3% 34th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 92.2% 2025 up 0.4% 20th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.2% 2025 up 0.5% 107th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 86.6% 2025 up 3.7% 36th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.9% 2025 down 0.9% 132nd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.9% 2025 up 28.9% 116th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.9% 2025 up 13.3% 126th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.2% 2025 up 8.5% 104th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 26.1% 2025 down 0.2% 92nd Employment in services (% of total employment) 77.9% 2025 up 1.8% 29th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 13.4% 2025 down 18.8% 151st Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 18.3% 2025 down 22.0% 142nd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 7.8% 2025 down 4.7% 167th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.7% 2025 down 1.2% 76th Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 down 5.3% 65th Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.0% 2025 up 19.5% 94th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.8% 2025 down 40.0% 120th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.2% 2025 down 52.7% 101st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.5% 2025 down 48.1% 109th GDP per person employed 259,304 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 40.5% 2nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 52.6% 107th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 56.2% 93rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 48.4% 114th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.3% 2025 up 11.8% 50th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.2% 2025 up 3.1% 92nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.1% 2025 up 6.9% 65th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 52.2% 2025 up 17.1% 33rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.9% 2025 up 5.5% 55th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.1% 2025 up 8.4% 60th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.6% 2025 up 10.9% 40th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 11.8% 2025 down 41.7% 93rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.8% 2025 down 49.9% 81st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.7% 2025 down 28.4% 98th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 6.0% 2025 down 53.3% 176th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 5.6% 2025 down 63.9% 175th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 5.8% 2025 down 59.2% 177th Productivity: output per hour worked 158.21 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 80.0% 1st Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 13.0% 2025 down 27.2% 142nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 48.3% 2025 up 29.4% 29th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 47.8% 2025 up 24.6% 52nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 48.0% 2025 up 26.9% 38th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 9.6% 2025 down 24.1% 151st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 57.1% 2025 up 14.3% 44th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 66.8% 2025 up 8.4% 84th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.8% 2025 up 11.1% 59th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 5.8% 2025 down 11.0% 167th Unemployment with basic education 9.2% 2024 down 52.8% 44th Unemployment with basic education, male 8.1% 2024 down 59.1% 46th Page 1 of 2 Next →