IE · 2018 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Ireland, 2018
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
5.8%
Ireland, 2018
▼ 13.4% vs 2017 (6.7%)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 13.4% compared to 2017, reaching 5.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.4%.
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 58.0% (from 13.8% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
78.4%
EU-27: 7.4%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a