IE · 2019 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Ireland, 2019
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
5.0%
Ireland, 2019
▼ 13.8% vs 2018 (5.8%)
Analysis
In 2019, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 13.8% compared to 2018, reaching 5.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.8%.
Ireland ranks 16th 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 11.9% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
73.5%
EU-27: 6.8%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a