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Ireland — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Ireland, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.84%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +7.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Ireland was 64.84% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 66.62% in 2007. The lowest was 60.18% in 1992 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.20% per year.
Ireland ranks 62 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Ireland sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.84%
First (1990)
60.49%
Change
+7.2%
Highest
66.62%
in 2007
Lowest
60.18%
in 1992
Average
63.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.20%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.84% |
| 2024 | 65.01% |
| 2023 | 66.18% |
| 2022 | 64.44% |
| 2021 | 63.55% |
| 2020 | 61.09% |
| 2019 | 62.31% |
| 2018 | 62.14% |
| 2017 | 61.92% |
| 2016 | 62.12% |
| 2015 | 61.78% |
| 2014 | 61.71% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.