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Unemployment rate in Ireland

How hard is it to have a job there?

Ireland's unemployment rate is 4.63 % — #49 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.63%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Ireland over time

15.45 %9.57 %3.68 %15.45 % · 20123.68 % · 20012000: 4.32 %2001: 3.68 %2002: 4.22 %2003: 4.48 %2004: 4.49 %2005: 4.24 %2006: 4.36 %2007: 4.98 %2008: 6.77 %2009: 12.61 %2010: 14.53 %2011: 15.35 %2012: 15.45 %2013: 13.73 %2014: 11.86 %2015: 9.91 %2016: 8.37 %2017: 6.71 %2018: 5.74 %2019: 4.95 %2020: 5.62 %2021: 6.36 %2022: 4.46 %2023: 4.24 %2024: 4.30 %2025: 4.63 %2000201220254.63 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#49 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
60 %
75 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.33 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
10.82 pp
peak 15.45 % in 2012
Full series
▲ 0.31 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #12 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −0.62 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Ireland: ahead of 60 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentIreland 4.63 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Ireland is ahead of 60 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Ireland
47 Hungary4.52 %−0.11 pp
48 China4.62 %−0.02 pp
49 Ireland4.63 %—
50 Norway4.64 %+0.00 pp
51 United Kingdom4.75 %+0.11 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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