Some of the key findings from the report are:

• young people’s participation in youth organisations in Ireland over the last decade has remained relatively high compared to European averages
• in 2021, 23% of 16-30-year-olds in Ireland reported having ever joined a youth organisation, compared to 14% in the EU27 as a whole
• in Ireland and the EU27, males and females had similar rates of participation in youth organisations, with participation slightly higher for males than females in 2021, the most recent survey year
• in both Ireland and the EU27, younger people (15-19-year-olds) had higher percentages of participation in youth organisations than those who were older (20-30-year-olds)
• in both Ireland and the EU27, young people who were still studying had higher percentages of participation in youth organisations than those whose education had ceased
• in the EU27, a higher percentage of self-employed respondents reported that they had ever joined a youth organisation compared to other groups of respondents – employee, manual worker, or not working
• the percentage of 15-30-year-olds in Ireland who participated in a youth organisation was highest for respondents living in small/mid-size towns when compared to those living in rural villages or large towns
• in Ireland, where the household financial situation was categorised as “not enough money for basic bills”, a higher percentage of respondents reported that they had ever joined a youth organisation compared to those in other household financial situations
• in the EU27, the percentage of 16-30-year-olds who had ever joined a youth organisation was significantly higher among respondents who speak more than one European language than among those who speak only one or none