Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Ireland's youth unemployment rate stands at 10.49% as of 2025-12-31, up from 10.44% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Ireland's youth unemployment rate was 10.49%, up from 10.44% in 2024.
In 2024, Ireland's youth unemployment rate was 10.44%, up from 10.16% in 2023.
In 2023, Ireland's youth unemployment rate was 10.16%, up from 9.39% in 2022.
In 2022, Ireland's youth unemployment rate was 9.39%, down from 15.61% in 2021.
In 2021, Ireland's youth unemployment rate was 15.61%, up from 15.26% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.49% | +0.054% |
| 2024 | 10.44% | +0.278% |
| 2023 | 10.16% | +0.772% |
| 2022 | 9.39% | -6.22% |
| 2021 | 15.61% | +0.349% |
| 2020 | 15.26% | +2.81% |
| 2019 | 12.46% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 13.76% | -0.646% |
| 2017 | 14.4% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 16.8% | -3.44% |
| 2015 | 20.24% | -3.18% |
| 2014 | 23.42% | -3.32% |
| 2013 | 26.73% | -4.06% |
| 2012 | 30.79% | +1.21% |
| 2011 | 29.58% | +1.42% |
| 2010 | 28.16% | +3.65% |
| 2009 | 24.51% | +11.04% |
| 2008 | 13.47% | +4.31% |
| 2007 | 9.16% | +1.25% |
| 2006 | 7.91% | +0.088% |
| 2005 | 7.82% | -0.053% |
| 2004 | 7.87% | +0.168% |
| 2003 | 7.71% | +0.348% |
| 2002 | 7.36% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 5.86% | -0.399% |
| 2000 | 6.26% | -1.96% |
| 1999 | 8.21% | -2.65% |
| 1998 | 10.87% | -4.05% |
| 1997 | 14.92% | -1.97% |
| 1996 | 16.89% | -0.716% |
| 1995 | 17.6% | -3.83% |
| 1994 | 21.43% | -1.76% |
| 1993 | 23.19% | +1.88% |
| 1992 | 21.31% | -0.537% |
| 1991 | 21.84% | — |
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Ireland's youth unemployment rate is 10.49% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 10.44% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 30.79% (2012); the lowest is 5.86% (2001), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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