IE · 2017 · tepsr_wc170

Unemployment rate by age

Ireland, 2017

Unemployment rate by age
14.4
Ireland, 2017
▼ 14.3% vs 2016 (16.8)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's unemployment rate by age decreased by 14.3% compared to 2016, reaching 14.4.

Ireland accounts for 80.0% of the EU-27 total of 18.0.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 53.2% (from 30.8 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
80.0%
EU-27: 18.0
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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