CSR09 - Rates for Labour Force Participation and Unemployment. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Rates for Labour Force Participation and Unemployment...

The unemployment rate in the Republic of Ireland was 3.9 percent in February 2025, compared with 3.9 percent in the previous month. Between 2000 and 2007, Ireland's unemployment rate was broadly stable, fluctuating between 3.9 and 5.4 percent. Following the global financial crisis, however, Ireland's unemployment rate increased dramatically, eventually peaking at 16.1 percent in early 2012. For the next eight years, unemployment gradually fell, eventually reaching pre-crisis levels in the late 2010s. This was, however, followed by an uptick in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which peaked at 7.6 percent in March 2021, before falling to pre-pandemic levels by February 2022. Risk and rewards of the Irish economic model After being quite hard hit by the global financial crisis of 2008, Ireland staged a strong recovery in the mid-2010s, and was frequently the EU's fastest growing economy between 2014 and 2022. This growth, was however, fueled in part by multinational companies, such as Apple, basing their European operations in the country. As of 2022, an adjusted measure of gross national income valued Ireland's economy at around 273 billion Euros, rather than the 506 billion Euros GDP figure. Ireland's close economic relationship with American tech companies also leaves it vulnerable to the political weather in the United States. It is currently unclear, for example, what the recent return to power of Donald Trump as President in early 2025 could mean for the Irish economy going forward. Ireland's labor market As of the third quarter of 2024, there were approximately 2.79 million people employed in the Republic of Ireland. Of these workers, 379,200 people worked in Ireland's human health and social work sector, the most of any industry at that time. Other sectors with high employment levels include wholesale and retail trade, at 323,500 people, and education, at 228,200 people. While unemployment still remains quite low, some indicators suggest a moderate loosening of the labor market. Job vacancies, are slightly down from their peak of 35,300 in Q2 2022, amounting to 28,900 in Q3 2024, while youth unemployment has begun to tick upwards, and was 11.9 percent in January 2025.

F7116 - Labour force rate and unemployment rate for population aged 15 years and over usually present and resident in the State. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Labour force rate and unemployment rate for population aged 15 years and over usually present and resident in the State...

CDS08 - Rates for Labour Force Participation and Unemployment. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Rates for Labour Force Participation and Unemployment...

CD361 - Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Principal Economic status, Employment Status, Unemployment rate. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Principal Economic status, Employment Status, Unemployment rate...

This feature layer represents Sustainable Development Goal indicator 8.5.2 'Unemployment Rate' for Ireland. The layer was created using data produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) as part of the CSO's Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2018 Q4 and NUTS 3 (2016) boundary data produced by Tailte Éireann (more info). The LFS uses the International Labour Organisation definition for unemployment.

In 2015 UN countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to help achieve the goals set out in the agenda by 2030. Governments are committed to establishing national frameworks for the achievement of the 17 Goals and to review progress using accessible quality data. With these goals in mind the CSO and Tailte Éireann are working together to link geography and statistics to produce indicators that help communicate and monitor Ireland’s performance in relation to achieving the 17 sustainable development goals.The indicator displayed supports the efforts to achieve goal number 8 which aims to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

CD307 - Rates for Labour Force Participation and Unemployment. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Rates for Labour Force Participation and Unemployment...

This feature layer represents the proportion of the population aged 15 and over who are unemployed. The layer has been developed as a proxy to represent SDG 8.5.2 ‘Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities' for Ireland. Census 2016 data produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and NUTS 3 boundary data produced by Tailte Éireann were used to create this feature layer. Census 2016 Principal Economic Status is used to define unemployment.In 2015 UN countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to help achieve the goals set out in the agenda by 2030. Governments are committed to establishing national frameworks for the achievement of the 17 Goals and to review progress using accessible quality data. With these goals in mind the CSO and Tailte Éireann are working together to link geography and statistics to produce indicators that help communicate and monitor Ireland’s performance in relation to achieving the 17 sustainable development goals.The indicator displayed supports the efforts to achieve goal number 8 which aims to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Description: This data provides a range of statistics from the CSO Labour Force Survey (LFS). The Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from Q3 2017. Similar to the QNHS, it is a large-scale, nationwide survey of households in Ireland. It is designed to produce quarterly labour force estimates that include the official measure of employment and unemployment in the state (International Labour Organisation classification).Geography available in RDM: Regional level onlySource: CSO Labour Force SurveyWeblink: https://data.cso.ie/product/LFSDate of last source data update: Quarter 2, 2024Update Schedule: Quarterly (usually Feb, June, Sept and Nov).

1996 Unemployed Population Aged 15 Years and Over (excluding First Time Job Seekers)

Seasonally Adjusted Annual Average Standardised Unemployment Rates (SUR) (%) by Year

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EB014 - Labour Force Participation and Unemployment Rate of Population Aged 15 Years and Over Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Labour Force Participation and Unemployment Rate of Population Aged 15 Years and Over Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016...

C0719 - Population Aged 15 Years and Over at Work and Unemployed (Excluding First Time Job Seekers). Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0). Population Aged 15 Years and Over at Work and Unemployed (Excluding First Time Job Seekers)...

Description: This data provides a range of statistics from the CSO Labour Force Survey (LFS). The Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from Q3 2017. Similar to the QNHS, it is a large-scale, nationwide survey of households in Ireland. It is designed to produce quarterly labour force estimates that include the official measure of employment and unemployment in the state (International Labour Organisation classification).Geography available in RDM: Regional level onlySource: CSO Labour Force SurveyWeblink: https://data.cso.ie/product/LFSDate of last source data update: Quarter 3, 2022 (November 2023)Update Schedule: Quarterly (usually Feb, June, Sept and Nov).

CD360 - Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Principal Economic Status, Unemployment Rate. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Principal Economic Status, Unemployment Rate...

2002 Population Aged 15 Years and Over at Work and Unemployed (excluding First Time Job Seekers)

This file contains original variables from the CSO regarding Males 25 and over who are signing on the Live Register in 124 Social Welfare Offices in the Republic of Ireland. Data is available on a monthly basis from February 2008 to June 2014.

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex by Local Authorities. (Census 2022 Theme 13 Table 1 )Census 2022 table 13.1 is persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex. Attributes include a breakdown of population by occupation and sex. Census 2022 theme 13 is Occupation. The country is divided into 31 administrative counties/cities. Outside Dublin, there are 23 administrative counties and four cities: Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway. There are four local authority areas in Dublin: Dublin City and the three administrative counties of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The Local Government Reform Act 2014 Section 9 provided for the amalgamation of the city and county councils in Limerick, Waterford, and North Tipperary and South Tipperary County Councils.Coordinate reference system: Irish Transverse Mercator (EPSG 2157). These boundaries are based on 20m generalised boundaries sourced from Tailte Éireann Open Data Portal. This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann, Administrative Counties 2019

All Persons- Live Register. Published by All-Island Research Observatory. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).This file contains original variables from the CSO regarding All Persons who are signing on the Live Register in 124 Social Welfare Offices in the Republic of Ireland. Data is available on a monthly basis from February 2008 to June 2014....

Please be advised that there are issues with the Small Area boundary dataset generalised to 20m which affect Small Area 268014010 in Ballygall D, Dublin City. The Small Area boundary dataset generalised to 20m is in the process of being revised and the updated datasets will be available as soon as the boundaries are amended.This feature layer was created using Census 2016 data produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Small Areas national boundary data (generalised to 20m) produced by Tailte Éireann. The layer represents Census 2016 theme 13.1, persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex. Attributes include a breakdown of population by occupation and sex (e.g. sales and customer service occupations - males, professional occupations - females, managers, directors and senior officials - total). Census 2016 theme 13 represents Occupation. The Census is carried out every five years by the CSO to determine an account of every person in Ireland. The results provide information on a range of themes, such as, population, housing and education. The data were sourced from the CSO. The Small Area Boundaries were created with the following credentials. National boundary dataset. Consistent sub-divisions of an ED. Created not to cross some natural features. Defined area with a minimum number of GeoDirectory building address points. Defined area initially created with minimum of 65 – approx. average of around 90 residential address points. Generated using two bespoke algorithms which incorporated the ED and Townland boundaries, ortho-photography, large scale vector data and GeoDirectory data. Before the 2011 census they were split in relation to motorways and dual carriageways. After the census some boundaries were merged and other divided to maintain privacy of the residential area occupants. They are available as generalised and non generalised boundary sets.