IE · 2018 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2018
Youth unemployment rate by sex
27.6
Ireland, 2018
▼ 4.2% vs 2017 (28.8)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's youth unemployment rate by sex decreased by 4.2% compared to 2017, reaching 27.6.
Ireland accounts for 82.6% of the EU-27 total of 33.4.
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 48.3% (from 53.4 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
82.6%
EU-27: 33.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140