IE · 2025 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Ireland, 2025
Youth unemployment rate by sex
23.6
Ireland, 2025
▲ 11.3% vs 2024 (21.2)
Analysis
In 2025, Ireland's youth unemployment rate by sex increased by 11.3% compared to 2024, reaching 23.6.
Ireland accounts for 77.6% of the EU-27 total of 30.4.
Ireland ranks 22nd 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 25.3% (from 31.6 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
77.6%
EU-27: 30.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140