IE · 2025 · tps00066
Unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level
Ireland, 2025
Unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level
12.6
Ireland, 2025
▲ 12.5% vs 2024 (11.2)
Analysis
In 2025, Ireland's unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level increased by 12.5% compared to 2024, reaching 12.6.
Ireland accounts for 58.3% of the EU-27 total of 21.6.
Ireland ranks 22nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.6% (from 12.8 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00066, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#22 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
58.3%
EU-27: 21.6
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00066