The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published Gender Balance in Business 2025.
“The Gender Balance in Business Survey provides statistics on gender representation in top management teams and Boards of Directors in Ireland. This is the fourth iteration of the biennial survey which began in 2019. Large enterprises (250 or more employees) were asked to provide information on the members of both their Senior Executive team and Board of Directors on 01 January 2025. Almost 900 enterprises were surveyed online, of which 64% completed the survey.
Key Findings:
- As of 01 January 2025, almost a third (32.3%) of Senior Executives in Ireland were female, up from 30.4% in 2023, which was the last time the survey was conducted.
- More than a quarter (27.9%) of Boards of Directors members in Ireland were female in 2025, compared with 24.6% in 2023.
- Female Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) increased slightly from 19.0% in 2023 to 19.2% in 2025.
- Female Chairpersons were down slightly from 18.7% in 2023 to 17.8% in 2025.
- More than a third (34.3%) of enterprises in the Services sector had at least 40% female representation on their Boards of Directors in 2025.
- In 2025, a third (33.3%) of enterprises had set targets for the representation of females in Senior Executive roles.
- Although the Construction sector at 15.2% had the lowest level of female representation in Senior Executive roles in 2025, it has increased from 13.4% in 2023 and 9.5% in 2021.”
The data is available here.