Unemployment rate: Ireland
4.632% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.632 |
| 2024 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 4.243 |
| 2022 | 4.465 |
| 2021 | 6.357 |
| 2020 | 5.623 |
| 2019 | 4.95 |
| 2018 | 5.741 |
| 2017 | 6.713 |
| 2016 | 8.374 |
| 2015 | 9.908 |
| 2014 | 11.858 |
| 2013 | 13.735 |
| 2012 | 15.451 |
| 2011 | 15.354 |
| 2010 | 14.534 |
| 2009 | 12.609 |
| 2008 | 6.774 |
| 2007 | 4.98 |
| 2006 | 4.355 |
| 2005 | 4.237 |
| 2004 | 4.491 |
| 2003 | 4.478 |
| 2002 | 4.216 |
| 2001 | 3.684 |
| 2000 | 4.318 |
| 1999 | 5.804 |
| 1998 | 7.699 |
| 1997 | 10.191 |
| 1996 | 11.692 |
| 1995 | 11.97 |
| 1994 | 14.544 |
| 1993 | 15.571 |
| 1992 | 15.021 |
| 1991 | 15.771 |