Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland

Ireland: Wage workers, aged 15-64, male was 0.8% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.8%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
34th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2016
All-time low
0.7%
in 1989
Years of data
16
1983–2016

Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland, 1983–2016

00.20.40.60.81983199920161983: 0.724 % of male employed population in working age1984: 0.72 % of male employed population in working age1985: 0.726 % of male employed population in working age1986: 0.728 % of male employed population in working age1987: 0.713 % of male employed population in working age1989: 0.709 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.774 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.78 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.788 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.765 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.779 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.778 % of male employed population in working age2013: 0.793 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.789 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.801 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.806 % of male employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2016, wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland peaked at 0.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1989.

Ireland ranks 34th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Ireland, 1983 to 2016.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1983 0.7%
1984 0.7% -0.6%
1985 0.7% +0.9%
1986 0.7% +0.2%
1987 0.7% -2.0%
1989 0.7% -0.6%
2004 0.8% +9.3%
2005 0.8% +0.7%
2006 0.8% +1.0%
2007 0.8% -2.9%
2008 0.8% +1.8%
2009 0.8% -0.1%
2013 0.8% +1.9%
2014 0.8% -0.5%
2015 0.8% +1.6%
2016 0.8% +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 6
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 6
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 4

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 31 Netherlands 0.8% compare
  2. 32 South Africa 0.8% compare
  3. 33 Slovakia 0.8% compare
  4. 35 North Macedonia 0.8% compare
  5. 36 Montenegro 0.8% compare
  6. 37 Czechia 0.8% compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

More reference data data for Ireland

All data for Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland was 0.8% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2016.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1989.
How does Ireland rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, male?
Ireland ranks 34th out of 106 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ireland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland. Statizoid. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-15-64-male-percent-of-male-employed-population-in-working-age/ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-15-64-male-percent-of-male-employed-population-in-working-age/ireland/">Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed