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CSO statistical release, 20 November 2025, 11am

Following a review of the population benchmarks used in the Labour Force Survey releases for Q3 and Q4 2025, published on 20 November 2025 and 19 February 2026 respectively, processing and compilation issues were identified in the demography benchmarks.

As a result, the data and text were revised on 21 May 2026. The updated benchmarks provide a more accurate reflection of the population by country of citizenship and resulted in minor revisions to some previously published estimates. Further details on these revisions are available in the Information Note. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Table 6.1 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states

Table 6.1 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states ¹
%
	Employment rate % (15-64 years)				Unemployment rate % (15-74 years)			Participation rate % (15 years and over)
	Q2 24	Q2 25	Annual change	Q2 24	Q2 25	Annual change	Q2 24	Q2 25	Annual change
			Q2 25pp ²			Q2 25pp ²			Q2 25pp ²
EU27	70.9	71.2	0.3	5.9	5.9	0.0	58.1	58.4	0.3
Eurozone ³	70.6	71.0	0.4	6.3	6.3	0.0	57.9	58.3	0.4

Belgium	66.6	67.7	1.1	5.3	5.8	0.5	54.8	56.1	1.3
Bulgaria ⁵	71.0	71.0	0.0	4.3	3.6	-0.7	55.5	55.2	-0.3
Czech Republic	75.3	75.7	0.4	2.5	2.7	0.2	60.2	60.9	0.7
Denmark	77.7	77.6	-0.1	5.8	6.0	0.2	65.1	65.3	0.2
Germany	77.4	77.2	-0.2	3.4	3.7	0.3	61.4	61.9	0.5
Estonia	76.6	75.5	-1.1	7.6	7.8	0.2	67.8	67.1	-0.7
Ireland	74.4	74.7	0.3	4.6	4.8	0.2	66.0	66.4	0.4
Greece	64.0	65.3	1.3	9.8	8.6	-1.2	53.2	53.3	0.1
Spain ⁴	66.3	67.2	0.9	11.3	10.3	-1.0	58.2	58.3	0.1
France ⁴	69.2	69.8	0.6	7.0	7.2	0.2	56.6	57.1	0.5
Croatia ⁴	68.7	68.8	0.1	4.6	4.8	0.2	54.1	54.1	0.0
Italy	62.3	62.7	0.4	6.7	6.6	-0.1	50.0	50.3	0.3
Cyprus	75.8	77.1	1.3	4.7	4.3	-0.4	65.1	65.4	0.3
Latvia	71.5	72.5	1.0	6.9	6.7	-0.2	61.4	61.8	0.4
Lithuania	74.2	74.0	-0.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	63.8	63.3	-0.5
Luxembourg	70.1	70.1	0.0	6.3	6.4	0.1	62.5	62.7	0.2
Hungary	75.2	74.9	-0.3	4.3	4.5	0.2	61.7	61.5	-0.2
Malta	78.4	79.9	1.5	3.2	2.9	-0.3	66.5	67.5	1.0
Netherlands	82.5	82.4	-0.1	3.6	3.7	0.1	68.9	68.7	-0.2
Austria	74.0	74.3	0.3	4.9	5.5	0.6	61.3	61.6	0.3
Poland	72.3	72.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	0.1	57.7	57.8	0.1
Portugal	72.7	73.6	0.9	6.1	5.9	-0.2	58.5	59.1	0.6
Romania	64.4	63.3	-1.1	5.0	6.0	1.0	52.7	51.6	-1.1
Slovenia	73.3	72.5	-0.8	3.4	3.2	-0.2	58.6	57.8	-0.8
Slovakia	72.4	72.2	-0.2	5.2	5.3	0.1	61.3	61.0	-0.3
Finland	73.8	73.1	-0.7	9.3	10.2	0.9	62.3	62.2	-0.1
Sweden	77.5	77.1	-0.4	9.1	9.3	0.2	68.5	68.5	0.0
Source: Eurostat
¹ Trends in some member states may be affected by changes in methodology
² pp refers to percentage point change
³ Eurozone consists of EU14 states (with the exceptions of Denmark and Sweden), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.
⁴ Definition differs beginning from Q1 2021
⁵ Break in time series from Q1 2023

Open in Excel: Labour Force Survey Quarter 3 2025 Table 6.1 (XLS 14KB)

Table 6.2 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by citizenship and ILO Economic Status

Table 6.3 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector

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Table 6.2A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by Citizenship and ILO Economic Status^{1, 2}
						'000
Citizenship		ILO Economic Status				Total
Citizenship		In employment	Unemployed	In labour force	Not in labour force	Total
#REF!
Irish Citizens		2,225.1	117.3	2,342.4	1,337.0	3,679.5
Non-Irish Citizens		600.3	38.2	638.5	162.9	801.3
of which:
	United Kingdom	49.1	..	51.0	33.5	84.5
	EU14 excl. Irl	88.2	..	92.0	15.8	107.7
	EU15 to EU27	175.1	10.0	185.1	43.1	228.2
	Other	287.8	22.6	310.4	70.5	381.0
Total persons		2,825.4	155.5	2,980.9	1,499.9	4,480.8

#REF!
Irish Citizens		2,229.9	96.6	2,326.5	1,315.0	3,641.5
Non-Irish Citizens		564.9	33.0	597.9	150.1	747.9
of which:
	United Kingdom	45.4	..	47.3	36.5	83.8
	EU14 excl. Irl	88.4	..	93.6	9.9	103.5
	EU15 to EU27	174.6	..	182.4	37.4	219.7
	Other	256.5	18.2	274.7	66.3	341.0
Total persons		2,794.8	129.5	2,924.4	1,465.1	4,389.5

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		-4.8	20.7	15.9	22.0	37.9
Non-Irish Citizens		35.4	5.2	40.6	12.8	53.4
of which:
	United Kingdom	3.7	..	3.7	-3.0	0.7
	EU14 excl. Irl	-0.2	..	-1.6	5.9	4.3
	EU15 to EU27	0.5	..	2.7	5.7	8.5
	Other	31.3	4.4	35.7	4.2	40.0
Total persons		30.6	25.9	56.5	34.8	91.3
¹ Persons whose Citizenship is not stated are included with Irish Citizens
² Estimates for number of persons, where there are less than 30 persons in a cell, are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with (..) in the relevant tables.

Table 6.3 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector
000's
	Q3 22	Q3 23	Q3 24	Q2 25¹	Q3 25
Civil Service	44.8	45.8	52.1	53.8	..
Defence	8.4	8.0	7.8	7.9	..
Garda Siochána	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.8	..
Education	108.6	110.0	109.8	110.0	..
Regional bodies	35.6	37.7	37.1	37.8	..
Health	168.0	163.2	167.4	167.3	..
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	379.7	379.0	388.5	391.6	..
Semi-State bodies	59.2	61.8	64.2	64.8	..
Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	438.9	440.9	452.7	456.4	..
Total Private Sector	1,699.1	1,769.5	1,856.2	1,868.0	..
¹Preliminary data
^..Employment data from the Earnings, Hours Worked and Employment Cost Survey (EHECS) data not available at time of release. Updated series will be issued with the next Earnings and Labour Costs quarterly release.

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