🇮🇪Ireland unemployment rate
Ireland's unemployment rate is 5.0% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It was little changed from the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 4.1% to 7.9%. That is 1.4 percentage points below the euro-area average of 6.4% — the 14th of 21 member states that report it.
Unemployment rate · Ireland
5.0%
vs prev
0.0 pp
Source: Eurostat (une_rt_m) · data through August 2026 · released 2026-09-04 · modifications: none
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Ireland unemployment rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Ireland's unemployment rate?
- Ireland's unemployment rate is 5.0% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Ireland's unemployment rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 14th-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 6.4%.
- Is Ireland's unemployment rate rising or falling?
- It held steady at 5.0% in the latest reading (August 2026).
Ireland — more indicators
- Inflation rate
- Food inflation
- GDP growth
- Industrial production
- Retail sales
- Youth unemployment rate
- Government debt
- Government budget balance
- Mortgage rate
- Business lending rate
- 10-year bond yield
- 10-year Bund spread
- Economic sentiment
- Industrial confidence
- Services confidence
- Retail confidence
- Construction confidence
- Consumer confidence
- Rent inflation
- House price growth
- Food price level
- New home price growth
- Existing home price growth
- Housing cost overburden rate
- Building permit growth
- House price-to-income ratio
- House price-to-rent ratio