IE · 2011 · tepsr_wc170
Unemployment rate by age
Ireland, 2011
In 2011, Ireland's unemployment rate by age increased by 5.3% compared to 2010, reaching 29.6.
Ireland accounts for 135.8% of the EU-27 total of 21.8.
Ireland ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 244.2% (from 8.60 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.