The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has announce the monthly unemplymnet statistics for January 2021. The figures show that 25% of people are unemployed, when excluding people on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) the number falls to 5.3%, up 0.2% from January 2020. On a monthly basis the PUP rate of unemployment rose from December\'s 19.4%.

The unemployment rate stands at 4.4% according to the Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO). Male unemployment is at 4.7%, while female unemployment is at 4.2%. Youth unemployment (15 - 24 year olds) stands at 10%, while those over 25 years of age have an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in November. Down slightly from October, while 2016's figure stood at 7.5%. This represents little change from October according to the Central Statistics Office and a drop of -1.4% on an yearly basis. The number of people unemployed was 138,100.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6% in October. Down slightly from September, while 2016's figure stood at 7.2%. This represents little change from September according to the Central Statistics Office and a drop of -1.2% on an yearly basis. The number of people unemployed was 133,100, down just 200.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in September. Unchanged from August, while 2016's figure stood at 7.5%. This represents little change from August according to the Central Statistics Office and a drop of -1.4% on an yearly basis. The number of people unemployed was 133,200, down just 200.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.3% in August. Julys figure stood at 6.4%, while 2011's figure stood at 6.3%. This represents a slight monthly drop of 0.1% and a drop of -1.6% on an yearly basis. The number of people unemployed was 173,000.