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Ireland: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1923–2025 · 103 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
4.65%percent
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 4.32%
Average, 2016–2025
5.58%10 years
Record high and low
19.0% (1991)low 3.26% (1929)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20315.04Forecast
20304.93Forecast
20294.90Forecast
20284.84Forecast
20274.90Forecast
20264.26Forecast
20254.65
20244.32
20234.31
20224.45
20216.26
20205.85
20194.99
20185.82
20176.76
20168.38

Sources

  • Stuart1923–2014
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1960–2020
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1983–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1983–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • Eurostat2009–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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