The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Ireland fell to 4.7% in August 2025 from a downwardly revised 4.8% in the previous month. The number of unemployed individuals declined by 4,000 month-on-month to 138,200. By gender, male unemployment fell to 4.9% in August from 5.0% in July, while female unemployment declined to 4.5% from 4.7%. By age, the unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years fell to 11.9% from 12.1% in July, while the rate for those aged 25-74 years declined to 3.6% from 3.8%. source: Central Statistics Office Ireland
Unemployment Rate in Ireland decreased to 4.70 percent in August from 4.80 percent in July of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Ireland averaged 9.91 percent from 1983 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 17.30 percent in December of 1985 and a record low of 3.90 percent in October of 2000. This page provides the latest reported value for - Ireland Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Ireland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.
Unemployment Rate in Ireland decreased to 4.70 percent in August from 4.80 percent in July of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Ireland is expected to be 4.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ireland Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 4.50 percent in 2026 and 5.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.