Key data points
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Observation period
Oct 2024
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Forecast
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Highest
17.30 % on Dec 31, 1985
Lowest
3.90 % on Apr 30, 2001
About Ireland unemployment rate
In Ireland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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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 4.20%, and the month before that it amounted to 4.10%.