🇮🇪Ireland unemployment rate
Ireland's unemployment rate is 4,9% as of maj 2026, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 4,8% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 4,1% to 8,7%. That is 1,3 percentage points below the euro-area average of 6,2% — the 14. of 21 member states that report it.
Unemployment rate · Ireland
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Kilde: Eurostat · data til og med maj 2026 · udgivet 2026-06-24 · ændringer: ingen
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Ireland unemployment rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Ireland's unemployment rate?
- Ireland's unemployment rate is 4,9% as of maj 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Ireland's unemployment rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 14.-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 6,2%.
- Is Ireland's unemployment rate rising or falling?
- It rose from 4,8% to 4,9% in the latest reading (maj 2026).