Ireland unemployment rate 2024

The unemployment rate in the Republic of Ireland was 4.3 percent in September 2024, compared with the previous month, when it was 4.4 percent. Ireland's unemployment rate has fallen considerably since reaching 16.2 percent in the early 2010s, following the global financial crisis.

Unemployment rate of the Republic of Ireland from January 1998 to September 2024

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
Sep 24	4.3%
Aug 24	4.4%
Jul 24	4.7%
Jun 24	4.5%
May 24	4.4%
Apr 24	4.4%
Mar 24	4.2%
Feb 24	4.1%
Jan 24	4.5%
Dec 23	4.5%
Nov 23	4.4%
Oct 23	4.5%
Sep 23	4.5%
Aug 23	4.4%
Jul 23	4.3%
Jun 23	4.3%
May 23	4.2%
Apr 23	4.1%
Mar 23	4.1%
Feb 23	4.2%
Jan 23	4.3%
Dec 22	4.4%
Nov 22	4.5%
Oct 22	4.4%
Sep 22	4.2%
Aug 22	4.3%
Jul 22	4.2%
Jun 22	4.2%
May 22	4.2%
Apr 22	4.5%
Mar 22	4.9%
Feb 22	4.6%
Jan 22	5%
Dec 21	5.1%
Nov 21	5.3%
Oct 21	5.3%
Sep 21	5.2%
Aug 21	5.4%
Jul 21	5.8%
Jun 21	6.4%
May 21	7.1%
Apr 21	7.5%
Mar 21	7.7%
Feb 21	7.3%
Jan 21	6.9%
Dec 20	6.2%
Nov 20	6.2%
Oct 20	6.4%
Sep 20	7.3%
Aug 20	7.2%
Jul 20	6.8%
Jun 20	5.7%
May 20	5%
Apr 20	4.7%
Mar 20	4.9%
Feb 20	4.8%
Jan 20	4.9%
Dec 19	4.8%
Nov 19	4.8%
Oct 19	4.8%
Sep 19	4.9%
Aug 19	5%
Jul 19	5.1%
Jun 19	5.2%
May 19	5.2%
Apr 19	5.1%
Mar 19	5%
Feb 19	4.9%
Jan 19	5.1%
Dec 18	5.5%
Nov 18	5.7%
Oct 18	5.9%
Sep 18	5.7%
Aug 18	5.7%
Jul 18	5.7%
Jun 18	5.8%
May 18	5.9%
Apr 18	5.9%
Mar 18	5.8%
Feb 18	5.9%
Jan 18	6.1%
Dec 17	6.3%
Nov 17	6.4%
Oct 17	6.6%
Sep 17	6.7%
Aug 17	6.7%
Jul 17	6.7%
Jun 17	6.6%
May 17	6.6%
Apr 17	6.8%
Mar 17	7.1%
Feb 17	7.3%
Jan 17	7.4%
Dec 16	7.5%
Nov 16	7.5%
Oct 16	7.7%
Sep 16	7.9%
Aug 16	8.3%
Jul 16	8.5%
Jun 16	8.7%
May 16	8.8%
Apr 16	8.9%
Mar 16	8.8%
Feb 16	8.9%
Jan 16	9.1%
Dec 15	9.1%
Nov 15	9.6%
Oct 15	9.6%
Sep 15	9.6%
Aug 15	9.5%
Jul 15	9.6%
Jun 15	9.9%
May 15	10%
Apr 15	10.3%
Mar 15	10.5%
Feb 15	10.7%
Jan 15	10.7%
Dec 14	10.8%
Nov 14	10.8%
Oct 14	11%
Sep 14	11.4%
Aug 14	11.7%
Jul 14	11.9%
Jun 14	12%
May 14	12.2%
Apr 14	12.4%
Mar 14	12.7%
Feb 14	12.9%
Jan 14	12.9%
Dec 13	12.8%
Nov 13	12.8%
Oct 13	12.9%
Sep 13	13.1%
Aug 13	13.3%
Jul 13	13.6%
Jun 13	14.1%
May 13	14.5%
Apr 13	14.5%
Mar 13	14.4%
Feb 13	14.6%
Jan 13	14.7%
Dec 12	14.8%
Nov 12	15%
Oct 12	15.2%
Sep 12	15.3%
Aug 12	15.5%
Jul 12	15.6%
Jun 12	15.4%
May 12	15.5%
Apr 12	15.7%
Mar 12	16.1%
Feb 12	16.1%
Jan 12	15.6%
Dec 11	16.1%
Nov 11	15.8%
Oct 11	15.6%
Sep 11	15.7%
Aug 11	15.6%
Jul 11	15.5%
Jun 11	15.2%
May 11	15%
Apr 11	14.9%
Mar 11	15%
Feb 11	15.1%
Jan 11	15.4%
Dec 10	15.6%
Nov 10	15.7%
Oct 10	15.6%
Sep 10	15%
Aug 10	14.4%
Jul 10	14.3%
Jun 10	14.4%
May 10	14.5%
Apr 10	14.2%
Mar 10	13.9%
Feb 10	13.7%
Jan 10	13.8%
Dec 09	13.8%
Nov 09	13.9%
Oct 09	13.8%
Sep 09	13.7%
Aug 09	13.2%
Jul 09	13%
Jun 09	12.9%
May 09	12.7%
Apr 09	12.2%
Mar 09	11.6%
Feb 09	10.9%
Jan 09	10.1%
Dec 08	9%
Nov 08	8.5%
Oct 08	8.1%
Sep 08	7.8%
Aug 08	7.4%
Jul 08	6.9%
Jun 08	6.3%
May 08	5.9%
Apr 08	5.6%
Mar 08	5.5%
Feb 08	5.3%
Jan 08	5.3%
Dec 07	5.3%
Nov 07	5.3%
Oct 07	5.1%
Sep 07	4.9%
Aug 07	4.9%
Jul 07	4.9%
Jun 07	5%
May 07	5%
Apr 07	5%
Mar 07	5%
Feb 07	4.9%
Jan 07	4.8%
Dec 06	4.7%
Nov 06	4.6%
Oct 06	4.6%
Sep 06	4.9%
Aug 06	5.1%
Jul 06	5%
Jun 06	4.8%
May 06	4.7%
Apr 06	4.7%
Mar 06	4.7%
Feb 06	4.7%
Jan 06	4.7%
Dec 05	4.6%
Nov 05	4.5%
Oct 05	4.5%
Sep 05	4.6%
Aug 05	4.7%
Jul 05	4.8%
Jun 05	4.9%
May 05	4.9%
Apr 05	4.8%
Mar 05	4.6%
Feb 05	4.3%
Jan 05	4.4%
Dec 04	4.7%
Nov 04	4.7%
Oct 04	4.7%
Sep 04	4.6%
Aug 04	4.4%
Jul 04	4.5%
Jun 04	4.5%
May 04	4.7%
Apr 04	4.8%
Mar 04	5.1%
Feb 04	5.2%
Jan 04	5.1%
Dec 03	4.8%
Nov 03	4.7%
Oct 03	4.8%
Sep 03	5%
Aug 03	5%
Jul 03	5%
Jun 03	4.9%
May 03	4.7%
Apr 03	4.7%
Mar 03	4.7%
Feb 03	4.8%
Jan 03	5%
Dec 02	5.3%
Nov 02	5.4%
Oct 02	5.1%
Sep 02	4.7%
Aug 02	4.4%
Jul 02	4.4%
Jun 02	4.6%
May 02	4.7%
Apr 02	4.6%
Mar 02	4.7%
Feb 02	4.5%
Jan 02	4.4%
Dec 01	4.4%
Nov 01	4.4%
Oct 01	4.4%
Sep 01	4.4%
Aug 01	4.4%
Jul 01	4.3%
Jun 01	4.1%
May 01	4%
Apr 01	3.9%
Mar 01	3.9%
Feb 01	4%
Jan 01	4%
Dec 00	3.9%
Nov 00	3.9%
Oct 00	3.9%
Sep 00	4.1%
Aug 00	4.2%
Jul 00	4.4%
Jun 00	4.5%
May 00	4.6%
Apr 00	4.7%
Mar 00	4.7%
Feb 00	4.8%
Jan 00	4.9%
Dec 99	5.2%
Nov 99	5.3%
Oct 99	5.4%
Sep 99	5.4%
Aug 99	5.4%
Jul 99	5.6%
Jun 99	5.8%
May 99	6.1%
Apr 99	6.1%
Mar 99	6.2%
Feb 99	6.2%
Jan 99	6.4%
Dec 98	6.5%
Nov 98	6.6%
Oct 98	6.9%
Sep 98	7.2%
Aug 98	7.3%
Jul 98	7.4%
Jun 98	7.6%
May 98	7.9%
Apr 98	8.2%
Mar 98	8.8%
Feb 98	9%
Jan 98	8.8%