IE · 2020 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Ireland, 2020
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
15.8%
Ireland, 2020
▲ 26.4% vs 2019 (12.5%)
Analysis
In 2020, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age increased by 26.4% compared to 2019, reaching 15.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.6%.
Ireland ranks 17th 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 21.8% (from 20.2% in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
89.8%
EU-27: 17.6%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a