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People living in households with very low work intensity in Ireland

People living in households with very low work intensity in Ireland was 8.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.4 pts from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

20258.8%
Change on 2024+1.4 pts
Rank7th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high18.82015
Series low7.42024

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People living in households with very low work intensity in Ireland, 2015 to 2025

57.51012.51517.5202015201720192021202320252015: 18.8 %2016: 17.8 %2017: 16.1 %2018: 13.2 %2019: 12.9 %2020: 11.4 %2021: 12.4 %2022: 9.6 %2023: 9.1 %2024: 7.4 %2025: 8.8 %51015202015201920252015: 18.8 %2016: 17.8 %2017: 16.1 %2018: 13.2 %2019: 12.9 %2020: 11.4 %2021: 12.4 %2022: 9.6 %2023: 9.1 %2024: 7.4 %2025: 8.8 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-17.
All 11 values
Period%
20258.8
20247.4
20239.1
20229.6
202112.4
202011.4 Series break
201912.9 Series break
201813.2
201716.1
201617.8
201518.8

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Ireland8.8
European Union (27)7.9

Ireland compared with nearby places

Austria: 6.9 %Belgium: 11 %Bulgaria: 7.7 %Cyprus: 4.2 %Czechia: 4.9 %Germany: 10.3 %Denmark: 9.7 %Estonia: 6.4 %Spain: 8 %Finland: 10.7 %France: 8.9 %Greece: 6.5 %Croatia: 4 %Hungary: 4.1 %Ireland: 8.8 %Italy: 8.2 %Lithuania: 11.4 %Luxembourg: 5.5 %Latvia: 6.6 %Malta: 4.2 %Netherlands: 7.8 %Poland: 4.1 %Portugal: 4.9 %Romania: 5.6 %Sweden: 8 %Slovenia: 3.8 %Slovakia: 4 %
  • Under 4.2
  • 4.2 to 5.9
  • 5.9 to 7.8
  • 7.8 to 8.9
  • 8.9 and over
People living in households with very low work intensity, 2025, %. Ireland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

People aged under 65 living in households where the working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined work-time potential during the previous year, as a percentage of all people aged under 65. Working-age members are those aged 18 to 64, excluding students aged 18 to 24, people who are retired or receive a pension, and inactive people aged 60 to 64 in households whose main income is pensions.

One of the three components of the at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate, in the definition used since 2021 and back-calculated to 2015. From the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Income refers to the previous calendar year in most countries. Eurostat flags series breaks; they are stored as status break.

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Eurostat. Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n) (People living in households with very low work intensity, Ireland, 2015 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table

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Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n), People living in households with very low work intensity, Ireland, 2015 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 17 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/very-low-work-intensity-share/ireland. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n). People living in households with very low work intensity, Ireland, 2015 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/very-low-work-intensity-share/ireland.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n), People living in households with very low work intensity, Ireland, 2015 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/very-low-work-intensity-share/ireland (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the people living in households with very low work intensity in Ireland?

People living in households with very low work intensity in Ireland was 8.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.4 pts from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest people living in households with very low work intensity in Ireland?

18.8% in 2015, the highest value since 2015 in this series.

People living in households with very low work intensity elsewhere in European Union (27)

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