IE · 2020 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2020
Unemployment rate by sex
11.8
Ireland, 2020
▲ 18.0% vs 2019 (10.0)
Analysis
In 2020, Ireland's unemployment rate by sex increased by 18.0% compared to 2019, reaching 11.8.
Ireland accounts for 81.9% of the EU-27 total of 14.4.
Ireland ranks 18th 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 40.4% (from 19.8 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
81.9%
EU-27: 14.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120