Long-term unemployment rate by sex

In 2024, Ireland's long-term unemployment rate by sex decreased by 9.1% compared to 2023, reaching 4.00.

Ireland accounts for 52.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.

Ireland ranks 21st 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 37.5% (from 6.40 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.