Ireland Youth Unemployment
Ireland youth unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 10.49%.
Ireland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
Ireland · youth unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Countries by youth unemployment
full rankingData Navigator
Countries, indicators and comparisons
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Ireland recorded 10.49% for Youth Unemployment in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.05 percentage points, from 10.44% to 10.49%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (12.88%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 9.39% in 2022 and the high was 16.80% in 2016.