Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): Ireland
The latest reading SOTW holds for Ireland is 144.0 thousand persons for 2026-10, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.LEVEL.M · IRL
Both sexes. Youth rate denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people; total unemployment follows the published TOTAL age selection. Seasonally adjusted, not calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 144.0
- thousand persons · 2026-10
- Previous
- 142.0
- thousand persons · 2026-09
- Oldest shown
- 173.0
- thousand persons · 2016-11
- Readings shown
- 120
- Newest readings; the full history is in the API
Ireland · history
thousand persons · Monthly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) |
|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 144.0 |
| 2026-09 | 142.0 |
| 2026-08 | 141.0 |
| 2026-07 | 143.0 |
| 2026-06 | 143.0 |
| 2026-05 | 145.0 |
| 2026-04 | 145.0 |
| 2026-03 | 149.0 |
| 2026-02 | 148.0 |
| 2026-01 | 145.0 |
| 2025-12 | 140.0 |
| 2025-11 | 136.0 |
| 2025-10 | 138.0 |
| 2025-09 | 144.0 |
| 2025-08 | 147.0 |
| 2025-07 | 147.0 |
| 2025-06 | 135.0 |
| 2025-05 | 133.0 |
| 2025-04 | 134.0 |
| 2025-03 | 131.0 |
| 2025-02 | 130.0 |
| 2025-01 | 128.0 |
| 2024-12 | 129.0 |
| 2024-11 | 124.0 |
| 2024-10 | 122.0 |
| 2024-09 | 119.0 |
| 2024-08 | 119.0 |
| 2024-07 | 128.0 |
| 2024-06 | 125.0 |
| 2024-05 | 126.0 |
| 2024-04 | 124.0 |
| 2024-03 | 120.0 |
| 2024-02 | 118.0 |
| 2024-01 | 124.0 |
| 2023-12 | 125.0 |
| 2023-11 | 126.0 |
| 2023-10 | 128.0 |
| 2023-09 | 127.0 |
| 2023-08 | 121.0 |
| 2023-07 | 118.0 |
| 2023-06 | 120.0 |
| 2023-05 | 116.0 |
| 2023-04 | 114.0 |
| 2023-03 | 114.0 |
| 2023-02 | 117.0 |
| 2023-01 | 118.0 |
| 2022-12 | 119.0 |
| 2022-11 | 122.0 |
| 2022-10 | 120.0 |
| 2022-09 | 114.0 |
| 2022-08 | 114.0 |
| 2022-07 | 111.0 |
| 2022-06 | 112.0 |
| 2022-05 | 113.0 |
| 2022-04 | 122.0 |
| 2022-03 | 134.0 |
| 2022-02 | 127.0 |
| 2022-01 | 134.0 |
| 2021-12 | 136.0 |
| 2021-11 | 142.0 |
| 2021-10 | 140.0 |
| 2021-09 | 137.0 |
| 2021-08 | 141.0 |
| 2021-07 | 150.0 |
| 2021-06 | 165.0 |
| 2021-05 | 179.0 |
| 2021-04 | 190.0 |
| 2021-03 | 190.0 |
| 2021-02 | 182.0 |
| 2021-01 | 170.0 |
| 2020-12 | 150.0 |
| 2020-11 | 152.0 |
| 2020-10 | 156.0 |
| 2020-09 | 178.0 |
| 2020-08 | 173.0 |
| 2020-07 | 159.0 |
| 2020-06 | 130.0 |
| 2020-05 | 113.0 |
| 2020-04 | 108.0 |
| 2020-03 | 120.0 |
| 2020-02 | 123.0 |
| 2020-01 | 126.0 |
| 2019-12 | 120.0 |
| 2019-11 | 118.0 |
| 2019-10 | 117.0 |
| 2019-09 | 119.0 |
| 2019-08 | 122.0 |
| 2019-07 | 124.0 |
| 2019-06 | 128.0 |
| 2019-05 | 127.0 |
| 2019-04 | 125.0 |
| 2019-03 | 121.0 |
| 2019-02 | 121.0 |
| 2019-01 | 126.0 |
| 2018-12 | 134.0 |
| 2018-11 | 139.0 |
| 2018-10 | 141.0 |
| 2018-09 | 136.0 |
| 2018-08 | 136.0 |
| 2018-07 | 136.0 |
| 2018-06 | 139.0 |
| 2018-05 | 141.0 |
| 2018-04 | 141.0 |
| 2018-03 | 139.0 |
| 2018-02 | 142.0 |
| 2018-01 | 144.0 |
| 2017-12 | 149.0 |
| 2017-11 | 151.0 |
| 2017-10 | 156.0 |
| 2017-09 | 156.0 |
| 2017-08 | 155.0 |
| 2017-07 | 156.0 |
| 2017-06 | 154.0 |
| 2017-05 | 154.0 |
| 2017-04 | 159.0 |
| 2017-03 | 167.0 |
| 2017-02 | 171.0 |
| 2017-01 | 174.0 |
| 2016-12 | 174.0 |
| 2016-11 | 173.0 |
Source: Eurostat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-11 to 2026-10. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.