IE · 2021 · tsc00011
Employed persons in high and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors and knowledge-intensive service sectors (2008-2026)
Ireland, 2021
In 2021, Ireland's employed persons in high and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors and knowledge-intensive service sectors (2008-2026) increased by 9.5% compared to 2020, reaching 4.60.
Ireland accounts for 75.4% of the EU-27 total of 6.10.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 16.4% (from 5.50 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00011, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.