Ireland unemployment rate by gender 2024

The unemployment rate for females in the Republic of Ireland was 4.3 percent in October 2024, compared with 4.1 percent for males.

Unemployment rate of the Republic of Ireland from January 1998 to October 2024, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
Jan 98	8.4%	9.3%
Feb 98	8.6%	9.5%
Mar 98	8.4%	9.3%
Apr 98	7.9%	8.7%
May 98	7.6%	8.2%
Jun 98	7.4%	7.8%
Jul 98	7.3%	7.6%
Aug 98	7.1%	7.4%
Sep 98	7%	7.4%
Oct 98	6.7%	7.1%
Nov 98	6.4%	7%
Dec 98	6.3%	6.9%
Jan 99	6.2%	6.7%
Feb 99	6.1%	6.5%
Mar 99	6%	6.4%
Apr 99	6%	6.3%
May 99	5.9%	6.3%
Jun 99	5.7%	6.1%
Jul 99	5.4%	5.8%
Aug 99	5.1%	5.7%
Sep 99	5.1%	5.8%
Oct 99	5%	5.9%
Nov 99	4.9%	5.8%
Dec 99	4.8%	5.6%
Jan 00	4.7%	5.3%
Feb 00	4.5%	5.2%
Mar 00	4.4%	5%
Apr 00	4.4%	5.2%
May 00	4.3%	5%
Jun 00	4.3%	4.9%
Jul 00	4.2%	4.6%
Aug 00	4.1%	4.5%
Sep 00	4%	4.3%
Oct 00	3.8%	4.1%
Nov 00	3.7%	4.1%
Dec 00	3.8%	4.1%
Jan 01	3.8%	4.2%
Feb 01	3.8%	4.2%
Mar 01	3.8%	4.2%
Apr 01	3.8%	4.2%
May 01	3.8%	4.2%
Jun 01	3.9%	4.4%
Jul 01	4.1%	4.6%
Aug 01	4.3%	4.6%
Sep 01	4.4%	4.5%
Oct 01	4.4%	4.3%
Nov 01	4.6%	4.3%
Dec 01	4.5%	4.1%
Jan 02	4.5%	4.3%
Feb 02	4.6%	4.4%
Mar 02	4.7%	4.6%
Apr 02	4.7%	4.5%
May 02	4.7%	4.6%
Jun 02	4.7%	4.5%
Jul 02	4.5%	4.3%
Aug 02	4.5%	4.3%
Sep 02	4.7%	4.6%
Oct 02	5.1%	5.1%
Nov 02	5.3%	5.4%
Dec 02	5.3%	5.4%
Jan 03	5.1%	4.9%
Feb 03	4.9%	4.6%
Mar 03	4.8%	4.4%
Apr 03	4.8%	4.6%
May 03	4.9%	4.6%
Jun 03	4.9%	4.8%
Jul 03	5.1%	4.9%
Aug 03	5.1%	4.9%
Sep 03	5%	4.9%
Oct 03	4.8%	4.6%
Nov 03	4.8%	4.6%
Dec 03	4.9%	4.8%
Jan 04	5.1%	5.1%
Feb 04	5.2%	5.2%
Mar 04	5.2%	5%
Apr 04	5%	4.6%
May 04	4.9%	4.4%
Jun 04	4.8%	4.2%
Jul 04	4.6%	4.2%
Aug 04	4.6%	4.3%
Sep 04	4.7%	4.5%
Oct 04	4.8%	4.6%
Nov 04	4.8%	4.6%
Dec 04	4.7%	4.6%
Jan 05	4.4%	4.5%
Feb 05	4.3%	4.4%
Mar 05	4.5%	4.6%
Apr 05	4.8%	4.7%
May 05	5%	4.9%
Jun 05	4.9%	4.8%
Jul 05	4.8%	4.8%
Aug 05	4.7%	4.7%
Sep 05	4.6%	4.6%
Oct 05	4.5%	4.6%
Nov 05	4.5%	4.7%
Dec 05	4.5%	4.7%
Jan 06	4.6%	4.9%
Feb 06	4.6%	4.9%
Mar 06	4.6%	4.9%
Apr 06	4.5%	5%
May 06	4.6%	4.9%
Jun 06	4.7%	5%
Jul 06	4.9%	5.1%
Aug 06	5%	5.2%
Sep 06	4.9%	4.9%
Oct 06	4.6%	4.7%
Nov 06	4.5%	4.6%
Dec 06	4.6%	4.7%
Jan 07	4.8%	4.8%
Feb 07	4.9%	4.9%
Mar 07	4.9%	5%
Apr 07	4.9%	5.2%
May 07	4.9%	5.2%
Jun 07	4.9%	5.2%
Jul 07	4.9%	4.9%
Aug 07	4.9%	4.8%
Sep 07	5.1%	4.7%
Oct 07	5.3%	4.8%
Nov 07	5.5%	4.9%
Dec 07	5.6%	4.9%
Jan 08	5.8%	4.7%
Feb 08	5.9%	4.5%
Mar 08	6.1%	4.8%
Apr 08	6.3%	4.7%
May 08	6.6%	5%
Jun 08	7.1%	5.4%
Jul 08	7.7%	6%
Aug 08	8.2%	6.5%
Sep 08	8.7%	6.6%
Oct 08	9.2%	6.6%
Nov 08	9.9%	6.8%
Dec 08	10.6%	7%
Jan 09	11.9%	7.7%
Feb 09	12.9%	8.3%
Mar 09	13.9%	8.7%
Apr 09	14.7%	9%
May 09	15.3%	9.3%
Jun 09	15.6%	9.5%
Jul 09	15.6%	9.8%
Aug 09	15.7%	10.2%
Sep 09	16.2%	10.6%
Oct 09	16.5%	10.5%
Nov 09	16.7%	10.4%
Dec 09	16.7%	10.2%
Jan 10	16.7%	10.2%
Feb 10	16.5%	10.2%
Mar 10	16.6%	10.5%
Apr 10	16.7%	11.1%
May 10	16.9%	11.6%
Jun 10	16.9%	11.4%
Jul 10	16.9%	11.1%
Aug 10	16.9%	11.4%
Sep 10	17.5%	12%
Oct 10	18%	12.7%
Nov 10	18.1%	12.8%
Dec 10	18.1%	12.6%
Jan 11	17.8%	12.4%
Feb 11	17.6%	12.1%
Mar 11	17.4%	11.9%
Apr 11	17.4%	12%
May 11	17.4%	12.1%
Jun 11	17.6%	12.3%
Jul 11	17.8%	12.8%
Aug 11	18%	12.7%
Sep 11	17.9%	13%
Oct 11	18%	12.8%
Nov 11	18.2%	13%
Dec 11	18.4%	13.4%
Jan 12	17.8%	12.9%
Feb 12	18.4%	13.3%
Mar 12	18.3%	13.4%
Apr 12	18.1%	12.8%
May 12	17.9%	12.6%
Jun 12	17.9%	12.4%
Jul 12	17.9%	12.7%
Aug 12	17.8%	12.8%
Sep 12	17.6%	12.6%
Oct 12	17.5%	12.5%
Nov 12	17.1%	12.5%
Dec 12	16.7%	12.6%
Jan 13	16.1%	12.9%
Feb 13	15.9%	13%
Mar 13	15.4%	13.1%
Apr 13	15.6%	13.2%
May 13	15.6%	13.2%
Jun 13	15.3%	12.6%
Jul 13	15%	11.9%
Aug 13	14.7%	11.7%
Sep 13	14.2%	11.7%
Oct 13	13.8%	11.9%
Nov 13	13.5%	12.1%
Dec 13	13.4%	12.1%
Jan 14	13.6%	12%
Feb 14	13.8%	11.8%
Mar 14	13.7%	11.6%
Apr 14	13.4%	11.2%
May 14	13.2%	11%
Jun 14	12.9%	10.9%
Jul 14	12.6%	11%
Aug 14	12.3%	10.9%
Sep 14	12.1%	10.7%
Oct 14	11.8%	10.1%
Nov 14	11.7%	9.8%
Dec 14	11.6%	9.7%
Jan 15	11.6%	9.6%
Feb 15	11.6%	9.5%
Mar 15	11.3%	9.5%
Apr 15	11%	9.4%
May 15	10.7%	9.3%
Jun 15	10.5%	9.1%
Jul 15	10.3%	8.8%
Aug 15	10.3%	8.6%
Sep 15	10.5%	8.5%
Oct 15	10.6%	8.3%
Nov 15	10.8%	8.2%
Dec 15	10.3%	7.7%
Jan 16	10.3%	7.7%
Feb 16	10%	7.6%
Mar 16	9.7%	7.8%
Apr 16	9.6%	8.1%
May 16	9.5%	8.1%
Jun 16	9.3%	8%
Jul 16	9.2%	7.6%
Aug 16	9%	7.5%
Sep 16	8.5%	7.2%
Oct 16	8.1%	7.2%
Nov 16	7.8%	7.1%
Dec 16	7.6%	7.3%
Jan 17	7.5%	7.3%
Feb 17	7.5%	7.1%
Mar 17	7.4%	6.8%
Apr 17	7.3%	6.2%
May 17	7.2%	5.8%
Jun 17	7.1%	5.9%
Jul 17	7.1%	6.2%
Aug 17	7%	6.3%
Sep 17	7%	6.3%
Oct 17	7%	6.1%
Nov 17	6.8%	5.9%
Dec 17	6.6%	5.9%
Jan 18	6.2%	5.9%
Feb 18	6%	5.8%
Mar 18	5.9%	5.8%
Apr 18	6.1%	5.7%
May 18	6.1%	5.6%
Jun 18	5.9%	5.7%
Jul 18	5.8%	5.6%
Aug 18	5.7%	5.7%
Sep 18	5.7%	5.8%
Oct 18	5.8%	5.9%
Nov 18	5.8%	5.7%
Dec 18	5.7%	5.4%
Jan 19	5.4%	4.8%
Feb 19	5.3%	4.4%
Mar 19	5.2%	4.7%
Apr 19	5.2%	4.9%
May 19	5.3%	5.1%
Jun 19	5.3%	5.1%
Jul 19	5.4%	4.8%
Aug 19	5.3%	4.7%
Sep 19	5.2%	4.6%
Oct 19	5%	4.5%
Nov 19	5%	4.5%
Dec 19	5%	4.6%
Jan 20	5.1%	4.7%
Feb 20	5%	4.6%
Mar 20	5%	4.9%
Apr 20	4.8%	4.5%
May 20	5.1%	4.9%
Jun 20	5.6%	5.8%
Jul 20	6.5%	7.1%
Aug 20	6.8%	7.6%
Sep 20	7%	7.6%
Oct 20	6.4%	6.4%
Nov 20	6.4%	6%
Dec 20	6.4%	6%
Jan 21	7%	6.9%
Feb 21	7.4%	7.4%
Mar 21	7.6%	7.8%
Apr 21	7.5%	7.5%
May 21	7%	6.9%
Jun 21	6.5%	6.3%
Jul 21	5.9%	5.7%
Aug 21	5.4%	5.4%
Sep 21	5.3%	5.1%
Oct 21	5.3%	5.2%
Nov 21	5.3%	5.2%
Dec 21	5.1%	5%
Jan 22	5%	5%
Feb 22	4.7%	4.7%
Mar 22	5%	4.9%
Apr 22	4.4%	4.5%
May 22	4.1%	4.2%
Jun 22	4%	4.4%
Jul 22	4%	4.4%
Aug 22	4%	4.6%
Sep 22	4.1%	4.5%
Oct 22	4.2%	4.7%
Nov 22	4.3%	4.6%
Dec 22	4.3%	4.4%
Jan 23	4.5%	4.1%
Feb 23	4.4%	3.9%
Mar 23	4.3%	3.8%
Apr 23	4.2%	3.9%
May 23	4.2%	4%
Jun 23	4.4%	4.2%
Jul 23	4.5%	4.1%
Aug 23	4.6%	4.2%
Sep 23	4.6%	4.5%
Oct 23	4.4%	4.6%
Nov 23	4.3%	4.6%
Dec 23	4.3%	4.6%
Jan 24	4.3%	4.7%
Feb 24	4%	4.3%
Mar 24	4.1%	4.4%
Apr 24	4.4%	4.4%
May 24	4.4%	4.4%
Jun 24	4.3%	4.4%
Jul 24	4.4%	4.6%
Aug 24	4%	4.3%
Sep 24	4%	4.3%
Oct 24	4.1%	4.3%