Ireland Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Ireland remained unchanged at 69.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 69.10 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in Ireland averaged 66.29 percent from 1998 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 72.50 percent in the third quarter of 2007 and a record low of 59.30 percent in the first quarter of 2012.

Employment Rate in Ireland is expected to be 69.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in Ireland to stand at 69.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Ireland Employment Rate is projected to trend around 68.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Ireland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.40	5.60	17.30	3.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	2272.20	2265.00	2272.20	1567.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	128.80	143.80	356.20	69.90	Thousand	[+]
Unemployment Change	-4527.00	-2693.00	36254.00	-32270.00	Persons	[+]
Part Time Employment	461.40	455.70	499.90	268.40	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	1815.00	1795.50	1815.00	1299.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.20	62.10	66.70	59.80	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.10	2.00	9.80	1.20	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.40	13.80	31.60	6.30	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	74.20	72.10	119.10	71.10	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	9.80	9.55	9.80	5.58	EUR/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	877.30	855.00	893.00	37.03	EUR/Week	[+]
Population	4.84	4.78	4.84	2.82	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	65.00		[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	34563.00	36359.00	196988.00	20203.00	Persons	[+]
Productivity	147.10	145.30	147.10	57.80	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	4.10	3.50	4.10	-2.90	percent	[+]
Wages	761.65	742.75	761.65	676.58	EUR/Week	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	23.46	22.62	23.46	20.52	EUR	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	32.50	32.80	32.80	30.90		[+]
Employment Change	0.60	0.40	2.50	-3.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	69.10	69.10	72.50	59.30	percent	[+]

In Ireland, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Ireland Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Ireland Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	69.10	69.10	72.50	59.30	1998 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Mexico	96.70	Feb/19	96.43	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Jan/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Dec/18	65.9	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.00	Dec/18	64.01	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.30	Mar/19	62.3	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.90	Mar/19	62	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.60	Mar/19	60.7	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.00	Feb/19	59.7	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.10	Feb/19	58.8	66.6 : 58.8	%
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Brazil	53.90	Feb/19	54.2	57.3 : 53.1	%
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