New figures from the Central Statistice Office show that 15.4% of workers in Ireland reported that they were "always under pressure" at work last year.
This percentage is higher than the average for the European Union - which stand at 11% - with Ireland ranking fourth highest of all member states.
Workers in Malta were the most likely to be always under pressure at work (20.9%) while those in employment in Slovakia were the least likely at 4.3%.
The CSO figures show that 39.6% of Irish workers were most likely to feel under pressure at work "sometimes", 24.9% said they "never" felt under pressure, 20.1% said "often" while 15.4% said "always".
Those working in the health and social work activities economic sector were the most likely to report being always under pressure at work (20.8%).
Those working in sectors such as the arts, entertainment and recreation activities were the least likely at 9.6%.
Meanwhile the CSO also said that Ireland ranks third highest of EU member states for job autonomy with almost 64% of employed people reporting having some or a large influence on the content and order of tasks.
This compares to 49.6% of those employed in the 27 countries of the European Union.
Men working in Ireland are more likely to have some or a large influence on content and order of tasks (66.7%) than women (61%).
The CSO said this gender gap is smaller in the EU27 with rates of 50.8% for men and 48.3% for women.
It also said the likelihood of a worker having some or large influence on the content and order of tasks increased as their age increased.
This stood at 50% for those aged 15-34 years, 69.2% for those aged 35-49 years and 72.2% for those aged 50-74 years.
