Ireland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.2 percent in August of 2020 from an upwardly revised 5.1 percent in the previous month. It was the highest jobless rate since June of 2019 as the COVID-19 crisis has continued to have a significant impact on the labour market. The number of unemployed increased by 2,600 to 121,200. The alternative COVID-19 adjusted unemployment rate, which includes persons in receipt of the COVID-19 Pandemic unemployment Payment and considered as the upper bound for the true rate of unemployment, was 15.4 percent. Youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers aged 15-24 years, went up to 17.5 percent from 17 percent in July, the highest since February of 2016.

Unemployment Rate in Ireland averaged 10.57 percent from 1983 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 17.30 percent in December of 1985 and a record low of 3.90 percent in November of 2000. This page provides the latest reported value for - Ireland Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Ireland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2020. source: Central Statistics Office Ireland