IE · 2015 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2015
Unemployment rate by sex
19.8
Ireland, 2015
▼ 16.8% vs 2014 (23.8)
Analysis
In 2015, Ireland's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 16.8% compared to 2014, reaching 19.8.
Ireland accounts for 97.1% of the EU-27 total of 20.4.
Ireland ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 32.2% (from 29.2 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
97.1%
EU-27: 20.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120