IE · 2012 · tesem070
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) increased by 0.0% compared to 2011, reaching 61.3.
Ireland accounts for 104.8% of the EU-27 total of 58.5.
Ireland ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 24.9% (from 81.6 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.