Northern Ireland unemployment rate 2024 by gender

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, the unemployment rate for men in Northern Ireland was 1.9 percent, while for women it was 1.2 percent.

Unemployment rate in Northern Ireland from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2024, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
Q4 2024	1.9%	1.2%
Q3 2024	1.9%	1.6%
Q2 2024	2.5%	1%
Q1 2024	2.3%	1.9%
Q4 2023	3.1%	1.6%
Q3 2023	2.6%	1.4%
Q2 2023	3.3%	1.5%
Q1 2023	3.2%	1.4%
Q4 2022	3.3%	1.3%
Q3 2022	3.9%	2.1%
Q2 2022	2.9%	2.4%
Q1 2022	3.3%	1.8%
Q4 2021	4.1%	2.3%
Q3 2021	5.6%	3.1%
Q2 2021	5.3%	3.1%
Q1 2021	4.3%	3.4%
Q4 2020	4%	3.9%
Q3 2020	3.7%	3.4%
Q2 2020	3.1%	2.8%
Q1 2020	2.7%	2.4%
Q4 2019	2.5%	2.3%
Q3 2019	2.9%	2.1%
Q2 2019	3.4%	2.7%
Q1 2019	3.1%	2.6%
Q4 2018	4.5%	2.9%
Q3 2018	4.7%	2.7%
Q2 2018	4.9%	2.3%
Q1 2018	4.1%	1.9%
Q4 2017	4.8%	3.3%
Q3 2017	4.9%	2.8%
Q2 2017	7%	2.9%
Q1 2017	6.8%	3.7%
Q4 2016	6.5%	4.2%
Q3 2016	7.3%	3.7%
Q2 2016	7.2%	4.2%
Q1 2016	6.6%	5.6%
Q4 2015	6.2%	5.5%
Q3 2015	6.7%	5.2%
Q2 2015	7.6%	4.9%
Q1 2015	7.2%	5%
Q4 2014	6.1%	5.5%
Q3 2014	7.4%	4.9%
Q2 2014	8.4%	4.3%
Q1 2014	9.3%	4.6%
Q4 2013	9.1%	5.2%
Q3 2013	9%	5.6%
Q2 2013	9.7%	4.5%
Q1 2013	10.4%	5.2%
Q4 2012	10%	4.9%
Q3 2012	9%	6.3%
Q2 2012	9.6%	5.5%
Q1 2012	8.5%	4.6%
Q4 2011	9.1%	4.7%
Q3 2011	8.9%	5.5%
Q2 2011	8.7%	5.7%
Q1 2011	9.1%	5%
Q4 2010	10.1%	5.3%
Q3 2010	9%	4.4%
Q2 2010	8.9%	3.9%
Q1 2010	9.2%	4.1%
Q4 2009	7.7%	3.9%
Q3 2009	9.5%	4.2%
Q2 2009	8.1%	4.6%
Q1 2009	7.8%	4.3%
Q4 2008	7.3%	2.7%
Q3 2008	5.7%	2.2%
Q2 2008	4.9%	2.6%
Q1 2008	5.6%	3.2%
Q4 2007	4.8%	3.6%
Q3 2007	4.2%	3.5%
Q2 2007	3.8%	3.3%
Q1 2007	4.6%	3.5%
Q4 2006	4.7%	3.8%
Q3 2006	5.5%	3.9%
Q2 2006	5.1%	2.9%
Q1 2006	5.5%	2.7%
Q4 2005	5.5%	3.4%
Q3 2005	5.2%	3.3%
Q2 2005	5.7%	3.9%
Q1 2005	5.8%	3.4%
Q4 2004	6.1%	2.9%
Q3 2004	6.6%	3.2%
Q2 2004	6.1%	3.6%
Q1 2004	6.9%	3.1%
Q4 2003	8.5%	3.5%
Q3 2003	7%	3.9%
Q2 2003	5.8%	4.2%
Q1 2003	5.5%	4.9%
Q4 2002	6.1%	4.8%
Q3 2002	6.4%	5.9%
Q2 2002	6.2%	4.7%
Q1 2002	7.3%	4.7%
Q4 2001	7%	4.4%
Q3 2001	7.2%	4.4%
Q2 2001	7.2%	4.6%
Q1 2001	7.3%	5%
Q4 2000	6.5%	5.3%
Q3 2000	6.2%	4.7%
Q2 2000	7.7%	5.4%
Q1 2000	7.3%	5.7%

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Release date

February 2025

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Region

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q4 2024

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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