Ireland - GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $)

The latest value for GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) in Ireland was 198,772 as of 2020. Over the past 29 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 198,772 in 2020 and 76,963 in 1991.

Definition: GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2011 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 76,963
1992 79,494
1993 80,192
1994 81,811
1995 85,631
1996 88,915
1997 94,132
1998 94,583
1999 98,046
2000 102,149
2001 104,741
2002 108,959
2003 110,009
2004 114,614
2005 114,568
2006 115,911
2007 118,085
2008 114,028
2009 117,795
2010 124,970
2011 128,743
2012 129,371
2013 127,394
2014 135,318
2015 164,315
2016 161,842
2017 171,519
2018 181,790
2019 185,460
2020 198,772

Development Relevance: Labor productivity is used to assess a country's economic ability to create and sustain decent employment opportunities with fair and equitable remuneration. Productivity increases obtained through investment, trade, technological progress, or changes in work organization can increase social protection and reduce poverty, which in turn reduce vulnerable employment and working poverty. Productivity increases do not guarantee these improvements, but without them - and the economic growth they bring - improvements are highly unlikely. GDP per person employed is a key measure to monitor whether a country is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. [SDG Indicator 8.2.1]

Limitations and Exceptions: For comparability of individual sectors labor productivity is estimated according to national accounts conventions. However, there are still significant limitations on the availability of reliable data. Information on consistent series of output in both national currencies and purchasing power parity dollars is not easily available, especially in developing countries, because the definition, coverage, and methodology are not always consistent across countries. For example, countries employ different methodologies for estimating the missing values for the nonmarket service sectors and use different definitions of the informal sector.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: GDP per person employed represents labor productivity — output per unit of labor input. To compare labor productivity levels across countries, GDP is converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates which take account of differences in relative prices between countries.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Base Period: 2011

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity