Ireland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3% in August 2024, which was unchanged on an annual basis, according to the latest monthly employment figures from the Central Statistics Office.

The 4.3% was down from a rate of 4.7% in July 2024.

The August 2024 rate was 4.3% for males, down from a revised rate of 4.6% in July 2024 and from a rate of 4.5% in August 2023.

The monthly unemployment rate in August 2024 was 4.3% for females down from the revised rate of 4.7% in July 2024, and up from a revised rate of 4.2% in August 2023.

In terms of age, the monthly unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) fell to 10.7%, from a revised rate of 11.5% in July 2024.

Meanwhile, the monthly unemployment rate for people in August 2024 aged 25-74 years fell to 3.4% from a rate of 3.7% in July 2024.

Conor Delves, statistician in the labour market analysis section, said in a press release, “The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 124,600 in August 2024, compared with 134,400 in July 2024. There was an increase of 3,600 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in August 2024 when compared with a year earlier.”

“The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males fell to 65,500 in August 2024, compared with 70,200 in July 2024. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females in August 2024 fell to 59,100 from 64,200 in July 2024,” Delves added.