Employment List Women and Men in Ireland 2013

Ireland and EU: Employment rate

2.1 Ireland and EU: Employment rate, 2003-2014¹

			% aged 15 -64
	Ireland		EU
Year	Men	Women	Men	Women
2003	74.9	55.4	70.3	55.0
2004	75.7	56.1	70.2	55.3
2005	76.6	58.2	70.7	56.0
2006	77.7	59.1	71.6	57.1
2007	77.5	60.6	72.4	58.1
2008	75.4	60.4	72.7	58.8
2009	66.8	57.6	70.6	58.3
2010	63.9	56.0	70.0	58.1
2011	62.8	55.6	70.0	58.3
2012	62.4	55.2	69.6	58.5
2013	64.6	55.9	69.4	58.7
2014	65.7	55.9	:	:
	Source: CSO QNHS, Eurostat LFS
¹ Data from the QNHS is from Q2 except for 2014 which is Q1

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.1 (XLS 12KB)

The employment rate for men in Ireland during the years 2003 to 2008 was in the range 74-78%; however it fell sharply in 2009 to 66.8% and declined again in 2010 to 63.9%.
2011 and 2012 saw further small decreases which left the male employment rate at 62.4% in 2012 before rising to 64.6% in 2013.
There has been a futher small rise in the male employment rate to 65.7% in the first quarter of 2014.
The employment rate for women in Ireland rose from 55.4% in 2003 to 60.6% in 2007 before falling over the next five years to stand at 55.2% in 2012.
There was a small rise in the employment rate for women in 2013 to 55.9% and this rate remained unchanged in the first quarter of 2014.
The male and female employment rates in Ireland were above the EU averages between 2003 and 2008 but decreases in these rates after 2008 saw the Irish rates fall below the EU averages between 2009 and 2013.

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	Ireland Men	Ireland Women	EU Men	EU Women
2003	74.9	55.4	70.3	55
2004	75.7	56.1	70.2	55.3
2005	76.6	58.2	70.7	56
2006	77.7	59.1	71.6	57.1
2007	77.5	60.6	72.4	58.1
2008	75.4	60.4	72.7	58.8
2009	66.8	57.6	70.6	58.3
2010	63.9	56	70	58.1
2011	62.8	55.6	70	58.3
2012	62.4	55.2	69.6	58.5
2013	64.6	55.9	69.4	58.7
2014	65.7	55.9

EU: Employment rate

2.2 EU: Employment rate, 2013

		% aged 15-64		% aged 55-64
Country	Men	Women	Men	Women
Sweden	76.3	72.5	76.9	70.3
Denmark	75.0	70.0	66.5	56.8
Netherlands	78.7	69.9	70.2	50.0
Germany	77.7	68.8	69.8	57.5
Finland	69.9	67.8	56.5	60.5
Austria	77.1	67.6	54.3	36.0
United Kingdom	75.6	65.9	66.9	53.1
Estonia	71.4	65.7	61.4	63.6
Latvia	66.8	63.4	55.2	54.6
Lithuania	64.7	62.8	56.1	51.2
France	67.9	60.4	48.3	43.1
Czech Republic	75.7	59.6	62.5	41.4
Slovenia	67.1	59.2	41.8	25.2
Luxembourg	72.1	59.1	48.3	32.4
EU	69.4	58.7	57.5	43.3
Portugal	64.0	58.2	53.2	40.7
Belgium	66.4	57.2	47.7	35.8
Cyprus	67.0	56.9	61.1	38.3
Bulgaria	62.1	56.8	51.9	43.4
Ireland	64.6	55.9	58.7	43.1
Slovakia	66.4	53.4	53.3	35.7
Poland	66.6	53.4	51.3	31.0
Hungary	64.3	52.8	46.2	32.3
Romania	66.8	52.6	51.5	32.7
Spain	59.1	49.7	50.9	36.2
Malta	74.1	46.6	53.7	18.4
Italy	64.8	46.5	52.9	33.1
Croatia	52.8	45.6	43.7	29.7
Greece	58.4	40.1	45.8	25.9

Iceland	83.2	79.0	87.2	75.1
Switzerland	84.6	74.4	79.9	63.6
Norway	77.3	73.5	74.9	67.1
Macedonia	54.5	37.3	49.4	26.6
Turkey	69.5	29.6	45.2	18.3
Source: CSO QNHS, Eurostat LFS

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.2 (XLS 10KB)

In 2013 the employment rate in Ireland for women aged 15-64 was 55.9%, below the EU average of 58.7% and the 10th lowest rate in the EU.
The employment rate for women aged 15-64 was 70% or above in Sweden and Denmark while the lowest rate of 40.1% was in Greece.
The employment rate for men aged 15-64 in Ireland was 64.6%, below the EU average of 69.4% and the 7th lowest rate in the EU in 2013.
In 2013 the employment rate in Ireland for men aged 55-64 was 58.7%, 1.2 percentage points above the EU average of 57.5% while the rate for women at 43.1% was just below the EU average of 43.3%.

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Show Map - 2.2 EU: Female employment rate

Ireland: Employment rate for persons aged 55-64

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	Men	Women
2003	64.97	33.45
2004	64.82	34.05
2005	65.64	37.37
2006	66.42	39.73
2007	68.1	39.95
2008	66.45	41.43
2009	62.2	41.46
2010	58.35	43.06
2011	57.82	43.61
2012	55.88	43.18
2013	58.65	43.14

Between 2003 and 2011 the employment rate for women aged 55-64 in Ireland increased from 33.5% to 43.6% before dropping slightly to 43.1% in 2013.
The rate of employment for men aged 55-64 rose from 65% in 2003 to 68.1% in 2007 before dropping over the following five years to stand at 55.9% by 2012 followed by a rise to 58.7% in 2013.
The gap in employment rates for men and women aged 55-64 has narrowed from 31.5 percentage points in 2003 to just 15.6 points in 2013.

Ireland: Labour force participation rate by age group

2.4 Ireland: Labour force participation rate¹(ILO)by age group, 2013

	% of cohort in labour force
Age group	Men	Women	Total	% women
15-19	17.0	17.4	17.2	49.0
20-24	67.9	64.5	66.2	47.8
25-34	88.0	78.3	83.0	48.8
35-44	91.9	71.5	81.7	43.9
45-54	88.4	67.6	78.0	43.6
55-59	76.2	58.2	67.1	43.6
60-64	56.4	34.5	45.4	38.2
65 & over	14.5	5.0	9.4	28.9
Total	67.9	53.4	60.5	44.9
Source: CSO QNHS
¹Persons in the labour force as a proportion of the population.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.4 (XLS 10KB)

In 2013, the labour force participation rate for men was highest for the 35-44 age group at 91.9%. For women, the highest participation rate occurred in the 25-34 age group, with 78.3% of women in that age group in the labour force.
The participation rate for older women was much lower than that for men, with a rate of 34.5% for women aged 60-64 compared with 56.4% for men in this age group.
Women represented 44.9% of the labour force in 2013. Just under half (49%) of the labour force aged 15-19 were female, the highest proportion across all age groups.

Ireland: Labour force participation rate by sex

2.5 Ireland: Labour force participation rate¹ (ILO) by sex

% of cohort in labour force
Year	Men	Women	Total
2003	70.9	49.3	59.9
2004	71.5	49.8	60.5
2005	72.5	51.9	62.1
2006	73.4	53.1	63.2
2007	73.7	54.7	64.1
2008	73.1	54.5	63.7
2009	71.1	54.0	62.5
2010	69.0	53.4	61.1
2011	68.1	53.2	60.5
2012	67.8	52.8	60.1
2013	67.9	53.4	60.5
Source: CSO QNHS
¹ Persons in the labour force as a proportion of the population.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.5 (XLS 10KB)

The labour force participation rate for women increased from 49.3% in 2003 to 54.7% in 2007 before falling over the next five years to 52.8% by 2012 and then increasing slightly to 53.4% in 2013.
The participation rate for men rose from 70.9% in 2003 to 73.7% by 2007 and then decreased to 67.9% by 2013.
Between 2003 and 2013 the gap in the labour force participation rate between men and women narrowed from 21.6 to 14.5 percentage points.

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	Male	Female	Total
2003	70.9	49.3	59.9
2004	71.5	49.8	60.5
2005	72.5	51.9	62.1
2006	73.4	53.1	63.2
2007	73.7	54.7	64.1
2008	73.1	54.5	63.7
2009	71.1	54	62.5
2010	69	53.4	61.1
2011	68.1	53.2	60.5
2012	67.8	52.8	60.1
2013	67.9	53.4	60.5

Ireland: Persons in employment by occupation

2.6 Ireland: Persons in employment by occupation, 2013

	2013
Broad occupational group	Men	Women	Total
Managers, directors and senior officials	105.2	46.7	151.9
Professionals	148.2	207.7	355.9
Associate professional and technical	130.1	86.6	216.8
Administrative and secretarial	42.8	166.5	209.4
Skilled trades	252.1	24.2	276.3
Caring, leisure and other services	23.7	120.7	144.4
Sales and customer service	53.4	106.7	160.1
Process, plant and machine operatives	119.6	22.5	142.1
Elementary	127.9	79.9	207.8
Other	2.6	2.8	5.4
Total	1,005.7	864.3	1,869.9
Source: CSO QNHS

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013, Table 2.6 (XLS 12KB)

In 2013 864,300 women and 1,005,700 men were in employment in Ireland.
Nearly a quarter (24%) of women in employment were in professional occupations and close to a fifth (19.3%) were in administrative and secretarial occupations.
A quarter of men (25.1%) in employment were in skilled trades occupations while 14.7% were employed in professional occupations.
In 2013, 46.2% of those in employment were female. Over nine out of every ten workers (91.2%) in skilled trades was male while just over five out of every six workers (83.6%) in caring, leisure and other serivces was female.

Ireland and EU: Employment by economic sector

2.7 Ireland and EU: Employment by economic sector, 2012

% in employment aged 15 & over
NACE sector		Ireland			EU
NACE sector		Men	Women	% women	Men	Women	% women
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	7.9	1.2	11.7	5.8	4.1	36.9
B-E	Industry	16.8	7.9	29.1	23.2	11.0	28.5
F	Construction	9.6	0.7	5.7	12.0	1.5	9.3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	14.1	15.2	48.6	13.1	15.1	49.1
H	Transportation and storage	7.4	2.2	20.9	7.3	2.4	21.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	5.8	7.4	53.2	3.8	5.4	54.5
J	Information and communication	5.9	2.8	29.8	3.7	2.0	31.5
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	4.7	6.3	54.3	3.4	4.3	51.1
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	6.4	4.7	39.3	5.0	5.2	46.5
N	Administrative and support service activities	3.4	3.5	47.7	3.8	4.3	48.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	5.4	5.5	47.4	6.9	7.1	46.2
P	Education	3.8	12.7	74.6	3.9	11.7	71.3
Q	Human health and social work activities	5.0	22.8	80.2	4.3	18.2	77.9
R-U	Other NACE activities	4.0	7.1	60.9	3.5	7.7	65.0
Total		100.0	100.0	46.8	100.0	100.0	45.6
Persons in employment (000s)¹		977	859		118,390	99,120
Source: Eurostat LFS, CSO QNHS

¹ EU 27 percentage breakdown excludes NACE sector not stated, total in employment includes NACE sector not stated.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.7 (XLS 12KB)

In 2012, the education and health sectors employed 35.5% of women at work in Ireland and 29.9% of women at work in the EU.
The construction sector had the lowest proportion of women at work in Ireland, with men representing 94.3% of those at work in 2012.
The sectors with the most gender-blanced workforces in Ireland in 2012 were wholesale and retail trade, administrative and support services and public administration and defence.
The percentage of women employed in each economic sector in Ireland is broadly similar to the pattern in the EU, wth the exception of agriculture, forestry and fishing where only 11.7% of those at work are women compared with 36.9% in the EU.

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	Male	Female
Total	53.2077115782594	46.7922884217406
Human health and social work	19.8036006546645	80.1963993453355
Education	25.4272043745728	74.5727956254272
Other NACE	39.1044776119403	60.8955223880597
Financial, insurance and real estate	45.7200402819738	54.2799597180262
Accommodation and food service	46.8333333333333	53.1666666666667
Wholesale and retail trade	51.37956748695	48.62043251305
Administrative and support service	52.3052464228935	47.6947535771065
Public administration and defence	52.6104417670683	47.3895582329317
Professional, scientific and technical	60.7212475633528	39.2787524366472
Information and communication	70.2337023370234	29.7662976629766
Industry	70.8981001727116	29.1018998272884
Transportation and storage	79.0979097909791	20.9020902090209
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	88.2893226176808	11.7106773823192
Construction	94.2828485456369	5.71715145436309

Ireland: Employment by usual hours worked

2.8 Ireland: Employment by usual hours worked, 2008 and 2013

000s
	2008		2013
Usual hours worked	Men	Women	Men	Women
1-9	9.1	28.9	9.6	27.0
10-19	22.2	96.6	30.9	85.1
20-29	53.9	188.7	71.5	177.8
30-34	24.1	69.1	25.4	69.9
35-39	427.8	348.2	287.3	269.4
40-44	298.4	118.6	258.7	125.8
45 and over	200.1	31.7	156.9	35.0
Varied & not stated	173.1	56.9	165.4	74.3
Total	1,208.6	938.7	1,005.7	864.3
Average hours per week	40.2	31.3	39.2	31.2
Source: CSO QNHS

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.8 (XLS 13KB)

Both men and women worked fewer hours per week in paid employment in 2013 than in 2008. In 2008 women worked for an average of 31.3 hours per week, dropping slightly to 31.2 in 2013. For men, the reduction was from 40.2 to 39.2 hours per week.
In 2013, 72.4% of men in employment worked for 30 or more hours a week compared with 57.9% of women. The comparable figures for 2008 were 78.6% for men and 60.5% for women.
Just over three-quarters (76.8%) of all those who worked 40 hours or more a week were men in 2008 and this proportion had fallen slightly to 72.1% by 2013.
Women represented nearly four out of five (78.7%) of those who worked up to 29 hours per week in paid employment in 2008 and this figure had fallen to 72.1% by 2013.

Ireland: Employment by marital status and usual hours worked

2.9 Ireland: Employment by marital status and usual hours worked, 2013

%
	Single		Married		Separated / divorced / widowed
Usual hours worked	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
1-19	4.5	8.7	2.1	10.4	5.5	11.8
20-29	9.3	16.0	5.8	23.6	6.9	23.4
30-39	33.7	41.4	29.8	38.6	28.0	33.0
40 and over	37.0	21.7	44.1	16.8	36.1	15.2
Varied & not stated	15.6	12.2	18.1	10.7	23.5	16.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total persons (000s)	357.5	340.6	610.2	457.3	37.9	66.4
Source: CSO QNHS

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.9 (XLS 12KB)

In 2013 married men worked longer hours in paid employment than married women, with 44.1% of married men working for 40 or more hours per week compared with 16.8% of married women.
In contrast, 23.6% of married women worked for 20-29 hours per week compared with just 5.8% of married men.
Close to two out of five single men (37%) worked for 40 hours or more a week compared with just over one in five (21.7%) single women.

Show Graph - 2.9 Ireland: Total persons in employment by sex and usual hours worked, 2013

	Male	Female
1-19	3.07248682509695	9.84611824597941
20-29	7.10947598687481	20.5715608006479
30-39	31.0927712041364	39.2572023602916
40 and over	41.324450631401	18.6046511627907
Varied and not stated	17.4008153524908	11.7204674302904

Ireland: Employment rates of couples and lone parents aged 20-44 by age of youngest child

2.10 Ireland: Employment rates of couples (with/without children) and lone parents aged 20-44 by age of youngest child, 2013

employment rate
Family status	Men	Women
No children	86.2	85.6
Youngest child aged 0-3	81.9	59.5
Youngest child aged 4-5	76.2	51.7
Youngest child aged 6 or over	80.2	59.3
Total	81.9	63.0
Source: CSO QNHS

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.10 (XLS 10KB)

In 2013 the employment rate for women who were lone parents or were part of a couple with/without children and who were aged 20-44 years was 63%.
This rate varied from 85.6% for women with a husband/partner and no children to 51.7% for women whose youngest child was aged between 4 and 5 years of age, a difference of 33.9 percentage points.
In contrast, the employment rate for men with a wife/partner and no children was 86.2% while the rate for men whose youngest child was aged between 4 and 5 was 76.2%, a difference of 10 percentage points.

Ireland: Unemployment rates by age group

2.11 Ireland: Unemployment rates by age group, 2003 and 2013

%
	2003		2013
Age group	Men	Women	Men	Women
15-19	15.7	15.8	43.5	42.4
20-24	8.1	6.4	29.6	21.9
25-34	5.3	3.9	18.1	10.9
35-44	3.9	2.9	13.7	9.5
45-54	3.6	2.7	12.8	9.1
55-59	2.8	1.8	12.9	8.4
60-64	1.3	2.0	11.5	8.2
65 and over	0.0	1.7	2.5	2.7
Total	5.0	4.2	15.9	11.4
Source: CSO QNHS

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.11 (XLS 11KB)

The male rate of unemployment rose from 5% in 2003 to 15.9% in 2013 while the female rate rose from 4.2% to 11.4% over the same time period.
There were increases in all age groups with the most pronounced increases in younger age groups.
The rate of unemployment among men aged 15-19 rose from 15.7% in 2003 to 43.5% in 2013 while the female rate rose from 15.8% to 42.4%.
Among men aged 20-24 the unemployment rate rose from 8.1% in 2003 to 29.6% in 2013 while the rate for women increased from 6.4% to 21.9%.
The unemployment rate for both men and women decreased with age in both 2003 and 2013.

Show Graph - 2.11 Ireland: Unemployment rates by age group, 2003 and 2013

	Men 2003	Women 2003	Men 2013	Women 2013
15-19	15.7	15.8	43.5	42.4
20-24	8.1	6.4	29.6	21.9
25-34	5.3	3.9	18.1	10.9
35-44	3.9	2.9	13.7	9.5
45-54	3.6	2.7	12.8	9.1
55-59	2.8	1.8	12.9	8.4
60-64	1.3	2	11.5	8.2
65 and over	0	1.7	2.5	2.7

Ireland: Unemployment rates and long-term unemployment rates

2.12 Ireland: Unemployment rates and long-term unemployment rates¹, 2003-2014

				%
	Unemployment rates		Long-term unemployment rates
Year	Men	Women	Men	Women
2003	5.0	4.2	1.9	0.9
2004	5.0	3.9	1.9	0.9
2005	5.1	4.3	2.0	0.9
2006	4.7	4.5	1.9	1.0
2007	4.9	4.6	1.8	1.0
2008	6.7	4.5	2.1	0.9
2009	15.3	8.3	4.0	1.5
2010	17.0	10.0	8.6	3.5
2011	17.7	10.6	10.8	4.9
2012	18.1	11.0	12.3	5.5
2013	15.9	11.4	10.3	5.3
2014	13.8	9.9	9.1	5.1
			Source: CSO QNHS

¹Data from the QNHS is Q2 for all years except for 2014 which is Q1.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.12 (XLS 12KB)

The unemployment rate for men was relatively stable over the period 2003 to 2007 at around 5%, before rising in 2008 to 6.7% and increasing sharply to 15.3% in 2009.
During 2010, 2011 and 2012 the male unemployment rate continued to increase and stood at 18.1% by 2012.
The rate dropped to 15.9% in 2013 and decreased again in the first quarter of 2014 to 13.8%.
The unemployment rate for women has followed a similar pattern, averaging around 4% between 2003 and 2008 before rising to 8.3% in 2009.
The female rate of unemployment continued to rise over the following four years to stand at 11.4% in 2013. However in the first quarter of 2014 there was a decrease in the rate to 9.9%.
The long-term unemployment rate (unemployed for one year or more) for Irish men was stable between 2003 and 2008 at about 2% but increased steadily over the following four years to reach 12.3% by 2012. There was a decrease in 2013 to 10.3% and a further drop in the first quarter of 2014 to 9.1%.
The female long-term unemployment rate was about 1% between 2003 and 2009 before rising steadily over the next three years to reach 5.5% in 2012. There was a small decrease in 2013 to 5.3% and a further small drop in 2014 to 5.1%.

Ireland and EU: Unemployment rates

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	Ireland - Men	Ireland - Women	EU - Men	EU - Women
2004	5	3.9	8.8	10
2005	5.1	4.3	8.4	9.8
2006	4.7	4.5	7.7	9.1
2007	4.9	4.6	6.7	8
2008	6.7	4.5	6.7	7.6
2009	15.3	8.3	9.1	9
2010	17	10	9.8	9.7
2011	17.7	10.6	9.7	9.8
2012	18.1	11	10.6	10.6
2013	15.9	11.4	11	10.9

The male unemployment rate in Ireland was around 5% between 2004 and 2007 and was below the EU male rate.
In 2008 the male rate of unemployment rose slightly to 6.7%, climbed sharply to 15.3% in 2009 and increased again over the following 3 years to reach 18.1% in 2012.
In 2013 the rate of male unemployment fell to 15.9% but remained well above the EU rate of 11%.
The female rate of unemployment in Ireland was around 4% between 2004 and 2008 before rising to 8.3% in 2009 and was below the EU female rate.
In 2010 the female rate of unemployment in Ireland increased to 10% and has increased each year since then to stand at 11.4% in 2013, slightly above the EU female rate.
The male and female rates of unemployment in Ireland were similar between 2004 and 2007 but the male rate increased more strongly over recent years.

EU: Unemployment rates

2.14 EU: Unemployment rates, 2013

	% of 15-74 age group		% of 55-64 age group
Country	Men	Women	Men	Women
Austria	4.9	4.9	3.8	3.0
Germany	5.6	5.0	6.2	5.3
Malta	6.5	6.3	5.7	:
Netherlands	7.1	6.3	6.9	5.5
Luxembourg	5.4	6.4	4.3	5.3
Romania	7.9	6.6	4.6	2.5
United Kingdom	8.0	7.0	5.4	4.0
Denmark	6.7	7.3	5.2	5.1
Finland	8.8	7.5	8.1	5.9
Sweden	8.2	7.9	5.8	4.2
Belgium	8.7	8.2	5.5	5.3
Estonia	9.1	8.2	8.2	4.4
Czech Republic	5.9	8.3	5.4	6.4
France	10.0	9.8	7.5	6.5
Hungary	10.2	10.2	8.0	7.3
Lithuania	13.1	10.5	13.9	8.7
EU	10.8	10.8	8.2	6.9
Slovenia	9.5	10.9	7.4	6.3
Poland	9.7	11.1	8.3	6.9
Latvia	12.6	11.1	11.4	9.9
Ireland¹	15.9	11.4	12.3	8.3
Bulgaria	13.9	11.8	13.3	11.4
Italy	11.5	13.1	6.7	4.1
Slovakia	14.0	14.5	10.6	11.6
Cyprus	16.6	15.2	14.2	9.4
Portugal	16.4	16.6	14.7	12.6
Croatia	17.8	16.6	12.1	7.9
Spain	25.8	27.0	20.1	19.6
Greece	24.3	31.3	16.5	16.0

Norway	3.6	3.2	1.3	1.1
Switzerland	4.3	4.5	3.1	2.9
Iceland	5.6	5.1	:	:
Turkey	8.0	10.6	5.7	2.2
Macedonia	29.0	29.0	24.8	22.7
Source: Eurostat LFS, CSO QNHS

¹Unemployment rate for those aged 15 and over.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 2.14 (XLS 13KB)

In 2013 the female unemployment rate in Ireland, at 11.4%, was higher than the EU average of 10.8% and was the ninth highest in the EU.
The lowest rate of unemployment among women in the EU in 2013 was in Austria at 4.9% while the highest rate was 31.3% in Greece.
The male rate of unemployment in Ireland was 15.9% and was the sixth highest in the EU, well above the EU average of 10.8%.
The lowest rate of unemployment among men in the EU was 4.9% in Austria with the highest rate in Spain at 25.8%.
The unemployment rate among women aged 55-64 in Ireland in 2013 was 8.3% compared to a rate of 12.3% for men. Both of these rates were above the EU averages.

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Ireland: Labour force participation rate by sex

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Ireland: Employment rates of couples and lone parents aged 20-44 by age of youngest child

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Ireland: Unemployment rates and long-term unemployment rates

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