IE · 2017 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2017
Youth unemployment rate by sex
28.8
Ireland, 2017
▼ 14.3% vs 2016 (33.6)
Analysis
In 2017, Ireland's youth unemployment rate by sex decreased by 14.3% compared to 2016, reaching 28.8.
Ireland accounts for 77.8% of the EU-27 total of 37.0.
Ireland ranks 17th 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 53.2% (from 61.6 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
77.8%
EU-27: 37.0
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140