Unemployment Rates Around the World 2023

Unemployment Rates Around the World 2023

Unemployment is simple enough to understand: it is an economic condition in which individuals seeking jobs remain un-hired. Yet measuring how many people are unemployed at any given moment in any given country is rather complex.

 
 
Source
Central bank

Central Bank of Ireland

International Reserves

USD 7.46 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 516.25 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

USD 561.46 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Real GDP growth
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
8.9% 9% 4.9% 5.9% 13%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 102,394.02 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP per capita - PPP

USD 111,359.65 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

0.39% (2021 estimate)

 
 
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GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 0.9% 
  • industry: 38.0% 
  • services: 54.8%

(2018)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

1.2% (2019)
OECD, retrieved January 2022

Inflation
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
0.3% 0.7% 0.9% –0.5% 1.9%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
6.7% 5.8% 5% 5.8% 7.8%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

21.4% (2020)
OECD, retrieved January 2022

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
67.8% 63.2% 37.3% 58.5% 57.4%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
1.5% 1.6% 1.6% 4% –4.5%

*Estimate

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: A+

Moody's: A2

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (January 2022)

Market value of publicly traded shares
USD 110.2 billion (2018)
Largest companies

Medtronic, Accenture, Eaton, Johnson Controls International, Aon, Aptiv, Trane Technologies, Seagate Technology, Kerry Group, Experian, Smurfit Kappa Group, Flutter Entertainment, Bank of Ireland, AIB Group, Kingspan Group PLC, Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company, Steris, Ryanair Holdings
Forbes Global 2000 (2021)

 
 
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Current account balance

USD 40.5 billion (2018 estimate)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

10.6 % (2018 estimate)

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

122.3% (2018)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.85% (2018)

Shares in world total commercial services export

3.56% (2018)

Total exports

USD 451.5 billion (2018 estimate)

Export commodities

Machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, medical devices, pharmaceuticals; foodstuffs, animal products

Total imports

USD 334.4 billion (2018 estimate)

 
 
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Import commodities

Data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing

Exports - major partners

US 27.1%, UK 13.4%, Belgium 11%, Germany 8.1%, Switzerland 5.1%, Netherlands 4.9%, France 4.3% (2017)

Imports - major partners

UK 29%, US 18.9%, France 12.1%, Germany 9.6%, Netherlands 4.1% (2017)

FDI inflows
2016 2017 2018
USD 39,389 million USD -1,250 million USD -66,346 million
FDI outflows
2016 2017 2018
USD 30,064 million USD -39,091 million USD 13,272 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2015 2016 2017 2018
USD 94,558 million USD 67,162 million USD -6,504 million USD 3,650 million
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

Mallinckrodt PLC, Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc, United States, USD 5.6 billion / Shire PLC, ViroPharma Inc, United States, USD 4.2 billion

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

Actavis PLC, Allergan Inc, United States, USD 68.4 billion / CRH PLC, Lafarge SA & Holcim Ltd-Certain Assets, France, USD 7.4 billion / Shire PLC, NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc, United States, USD 5.1 billion / Perrigo Co PLC, Omega Pharma Invest NV, Belgium, USD 4.5 billion / XL Group PLC, Catlin Group Ltd, Bermuda, USD 3.8 billion

Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

24 out of 190 countries

​Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 23 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 36 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 47 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 60 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 48 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 13 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 4 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 52 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 91 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 19 out of 190 countries

Global competitiveness ranking

24 out of 141 countries

(2019)

Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 6 / Score: 80.5 (Free)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC 0

Total area

70,273 sq km (2014)

Capital

Dublin 

Currency

Euros (EUR)

Government type

Parliamentary republic

Languages

English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 39.8% of the population as of 2016; mainly spoken in areas along Ireland's western coast known as gaeltachtai, which are officially recognized re

Religions

Roman Catholic 78.3%, Church of Ireland 2.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Orthodox 1.3%, Muslim 1.3%, other 2.4%, none 9.8%, unspecified 2.6% (2016 est.)

Total population
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020*
3.53 million 3.83 million 4.57 million 4.71 million 5.01 million

*Estimate 

 
 
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Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2018
45.2% 55.3% 59.2% 63.2%
Population median age

37.1 years

Population growth rate

1.11% (2018 estimate)

Life expectancy

 81 years (2018 estimate)

Literacy

N/A

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

0.5% (last available estimate, 2015)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

31.8 (last available estimate, 2015)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed: 38% Mobile: 103.2% (2018) 
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

84.52 % (2018)

Mercer Cost of living index

Dublin: 43rd (2019)

CO2 emissions

7.31 metric tons per capita (2014)

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