Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2020, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age increased by 18.0% compared to 2019, reaching 5.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.2%.

Ireland ranks 18th 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 40.4% (from 9.9% in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.