IE · 2025 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2025
Unemployment rate by sex
9.40
Ireland, 2025
▲ 9.3% vs 2024 (8.60)
Analysis
In 2025, Ireland's unemployment rate by sex increased by 9.3% compared to 2024, reaching 9.40.
Ireland accounts for 78.3% of the EU-27 total of 12.0.
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 20.3% (from 11.8 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
78.3%
EU-27: 12.0
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120