Ciaran Mullooly· Renew

Confirmed

Only half of people with disabilities in the EU are employed.

Omissions

• The employment rate for people with disabilities was approximately 50.8% in 2024, slightly higher than 'half' claimed by the MEP. The Eurostat data was published after the session date of 2026-03-11, but reflects 2024 data that the MEP could have known about.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Employment inequalities linked to disability, gender and originEmployment gap between people with and without disabilities was 24.0 percentage points in 2024
• SecondaryEurostat Facebook post on employment inequalitiesEmployment gap between people with and without disabilities amounted to 24.0 percentage points in 2024