Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2022, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 27.4% compared to 2021, reaching 4.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.2%.

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 32.8% (from 6.7% in 2017).

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