Ireland (2025)
19.5
% of total employment
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
20
years of data

Data

Ireland Part-Time Employment Rate (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of total employment YoY Change
2025 19.5 -0.1pp
2024 19.6 -0.7pp
2023 20.3 +0.3pp
2022 20 +0.3pp
2021 19.7 +1.5pp
2020 18.2 -1.5pp
2019 19.7 +0.2pp
2018 19.5 -0.6pp
2017 20.1 -1.8pp
2016 21.9 -0.3pp
2015 22.2 -0.8pp
2014 23 -0.7pp
2013 23.7 unchanged
2012 23.7 +0.4pp
2011 23.3 +0.9pp
2010 22.4 +1.1pp
2009 21.3 +2.6pp
2008 18.7 +0.8pp
2007 17.9 +1.3pp
2006 16.6 n/a

About this Dataset

Ireland recorded 19.5 % of total employment in 2025. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 2006–2025 the series ranges from 16.6 in 2006 to 23.7 in 2012.

This page tracks part-time employment as a share of total employment in Ireland from 2005 to present. Compare gender breakdown.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks part-time employment as a share of total employment in Ireland from 2005 to present. Compare gender breakdown. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2006–2025 (20 observations).

The series peaked at 23.7 % of total employment in 2012 and reached its lowest recorded value of 16.6 in 2006. The latest reading of 19.5 in 2025 represents a change of -0.1pp.