Ireland Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Ireland increased to 62.20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 62.10 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Ireland averaged 62.89 percent from 1998 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 66.70 percent in the first quarter of 2007 and a record low of 59.80 percent in the second quarter of 1998.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Ireland is expected to be 63.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Ireland to stand at 64.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Ireland Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 64.50 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	144.70	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	0.40	0.80	2.50	-3.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	69.10	69.10	72.50	59.30	percent	[+]

Ireland Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides the latest reported value for - Ireland Labor Force Participation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Ireland Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	62.20	62.10	66.70	59.80	1998 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.30	Jan/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Dec/18	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Mar/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Mar/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Mar/19	65.8	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Feb/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.10	Mar/19	62.3	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	63.00	Mar/19	63.2	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.60	Feb/19	61.6	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Japan	61.40	Feb/19	61.2	74 : 58.5	%
South Africa	59.40	Dec/18	59.5	60.8 : 53.6	%
Mexico	59.20	Jan/19	59.5	61.47 : 58.18	%
Spain	58.61	Dec/18	58.73	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	52.90	Jan/19	53.1	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%