July's Unemployment Rate Stood At 13.5%.

Monday, 9 August 2021 15:26

Revised figures have been issued by the CSO due to an error in statistics published last week.

The rate of unemployment in July, including those on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, was 13.5 per cent.

Revised figures have been issued by the CSO due to an error in statistics published last week.

The unemployment rate is down from 16.2 per cent in June and 19.1 per cent in July last year.

For those aged 15 to 24 the rate is 28.6 per cent, while it is 11 per cent for people aged 25 to 74.

Total number of persons on the Live Register or receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment decreased by 13.6% to 346,907 over the month to July 2021https://t.co/AgUwhuah70 #CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForce #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment pic.twitter.com/97DrCuFvU8
— Central Statistics Office Ireland (@CSOIreland) August 9, 2021

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