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Ireland unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Sep 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
17.30% on Dec 31, 1985
Lowest
3.90% on Apr 30, 2001

About Ireland unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In Ireland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Ireland unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Ireland unemployment rate is 3.90%.
The highest figure Ireland unemployment rate has ever reached is 17.30%.
Last month Ireland unemployment rate was 4.30%, and the month before that it amounted to 4.40%.