Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age increased by 9.3% compared to 2024, reaching 4.7%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.0%.

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 20.3% (from 5.9% in 2020).

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