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 % of total employment in 2006 to 23.7 % of total employment in 2012.

This page tracks part-time employment as a share of total employment in Ireland.

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. 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 % of total employment in 2006. The latest reading is 19.5 % of total employment in 2025. The latest change was -0.1pp.