IE · 2017 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2017
Unemployment rate by sex
13.4
Ireland, 2017
▼ 20.2% vs 2016 (16.8)
Analysis
In 2017, Ireland's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 20.2% compared to 2016, reaching 13.4.
Ireland accounts for 80.7% of the EU-27 total of 16.6.
Ireland ranks 15th 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 56.8% (from 31.0 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
80.7%
EU-27: 16.6
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120