Ireland Unemployment Rate

Irish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.6 percent in February of 2019 from an upwardly revised 5.7 percent in the previous month, as unemployed persons fell by 1,700 to 135,100. Unemployment Rate in Ireland averaged 10.81 percent from 1983 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 17.30 percent in December of 1985 and a record low of 3.90 percent in November of 2000.

Unemployment Rate in Ireland is expected to be 5.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Ireland to stand at 5.10 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Ireland Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-12-04	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.3%	5.4%	5.2%
2019-01-08	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.3%	5.3%	5.10%
2019-02-05	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.3%	5.3%	5.2%
2019-03-05	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%
2019-04-02	10:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		5.6%	5.5%
2019-04-30	10:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			5.5%
2019-06-06	10:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			5.5%

Irish Jobless Rate Falls to 5.6% in February

Irish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.6 percent in February of 2019 from an upwardly revised 5.7 percent in the previous month, as unemployed persons fell by 1,700 to 135,100.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 135,100 in February of 2019, down from 136,800 in January and a decrease of 1,600 when compared to February of 2018.

The unemployment rate for males was recorded at 5.6 percent, the same as in the previous month and compared to 5.9 percent a year earlier; while for females it decreased to 5.6 percent from 5.7 percent in January and compared with 5.7 percent in February of 2018. The number of males unemployed declined by 700 from the previous month to 72,600 and the number of females dropped by 1,000 to 62,500.

The youth unemployment rate went down to 13.8 percent in February from 13.9 percent in the prior month.

CSO | Agna Gabriel | agna.gabriel@tradingeconomics.com
3/5/2019 11:18:38 AM

News

Irish Jobless Rate Unchanged at Near 11-Year Low of 5.3%
Irish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent in January of 2019, unchanged from the previous month and remaining the lowest jobless rate since February of 2008.
Published on 2019-02-05

Irish Jobless Rate Holds Steady at Near 11-Year Low
Irish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent in December 2018, unchanged from the previous month's near 11-year low, as the number of unemployed held steady at 127 thousand.
Published on 2019-01-08

Irish Jobless Rate Drops to 10-1/2-Year Low
Irish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.3 percent in November 2018 from an upwardly revised 5.4 percent in the previous month and below 6.4 percent a year ago. This was the lowest jobless rate since February 2008, as the number of unemployed fell further.
Published on 2018-12-04

Irish Jobless Rate Drops Further to 5.3% in October
Irish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate went down to 5.3 percent in October of 2018 from 5.4 percent in the previous month. It remains the lowest jobless rate since February of 2008.
Published on 2018-10-31

Ireland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.70	17.30	3.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	2272.20	2265.00	2272.20	1567.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	128.80	143.80	356.20	69.90	Thousand	[+]
Unemployment Change	-2693.00	-42.00	36254.00	-32270.00	Persons	[+]
Part Time Employment	461.40	455.70	499.90	268.40	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	1815.00	1795.50	1815.00	1299.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.20	62.10	66.70	59.80	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.10	2.00	9.80	1.20	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.80	13.90	31.60	6.30	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	74.20	72.10	119.10	71.10	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	9.80	9.55	9.80	5.58	EUR/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	877.30	855.00	893.00	37.03	EUR/Week	[+]
Population	4.84	4.78	4.84	2.82	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	65.00		[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	36359.00	36758.00	196988.00	20203.00	Persons	[+]
Productivity	147.10	144.70	147.10	57.80	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	4.10	3.50	4.10	-2.90	percent	[+]
Wages	761.65	742.75	761.65	676.58	EUR/Week	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	23.46	22.62	23.46	20.52	EUR	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	32.50	32.80	32.80	30.90		[+]
Employment Change	0.40	0.80	2.50	-3.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	69.10	69.10	72.50	59.30	percent	[+]

In Ireland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. 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 - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.60	5.70	17.30	3.90	1983 - 2019	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.10	Dec/18	27.5	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.45	Dec/18	14.55	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.50	Dec/18	12.3	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.00	Jan/19	11.6	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.50	Jan/19	10.4	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.00	Sep/18	9.6	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.80	Dec/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.80	Jan/19	7.8	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.10	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Sep/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.80	Feb/19	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	4.90	Feb/19	5	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.90	Feb/19	4.9	14.1 : 4.5	%
United Kingdom	3.90	Jan/19	4	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.80	Dec/18	3.82	4.3 : 3.8	%
United States	3.80	Feb/19	4	10.8 : 2.5	%
South Korea	3.70	Feb/19	4.4	7.1 : 3	%
Mexico	3.60	Jan/19	3.4	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.40	Feb/19	3.6	7.9 : 3.4	%
Germany	3.20	Jan/19	3.3	11.5 : 0.4	%
Switzerland	2.70	Feb/19	2.8	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.50	Jan/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Dec/18	2.1	6 : 1.4	%