Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2022, Ireland's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 30.8% compared to 2021, reaching 10.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.6%.

Ireland ranks 22nd 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 29.9% (from 14.4% in 2017).

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