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)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tepsr_wc170