Annual average unemployment rate | |
1985 | 16.6818596171376 |
1986 | 17.0755717098289 |
1987 | 16.9098391320614 |
1988 | 16.3440536265723 |
1989 | 15.0481725034409 |
1990 | 12.9419713234742 |
1991 | 14.6559362079149 |
1992 | 15.0605044467124 |
1993 | 15.6855758266819 |
1994 | 14.7387538418553 |
1995 | 12.158179699815 |
1996 | 11.8739635157546 |
1997 | 10.3320553642212 |
1998 | 7.9 |
1999 | 6 |
2000 | 4.6 |
2001 | 3.9 |
2002 | 4.5 |
2003 | 4.6 |
2004 | 4.6 |
2005 | 4.8 |
2006 | 4.7 |
2007 | 4.8 |
2008 | 5.8 |
2009 | 12.3 |
2010 | 13.9 |
2011 | 14.6 |
2012 | 15 |
2013 | 13.9 |
2014 | 11.9 |
2015 | 9.8 |
2016 | 8.6 |
Emigration | Immigration | |
1987 | 40.2 | 17.2 |
1988 | 61.1 | 19.2 |
1989 | 70.6 | 26.7 |
1990 | 56.3 | 33.3 |
1991 | 35.3 | 33.3 |
1992 | 33.4 | 40.7 |
1993 | 35.1 | 34.7 |
1994 | 34.8 | 30.1 |
1995 | 33.1 | 31.2 |
1996 | 31.2 | 39.2 |
1997 | 25.3 | 44.5 |
1998 | 28.6 | 46 |
1999 | 31.5 | 48.9 |
2000 | 26.6 | 52.6 |
2001 | 26.2 | 59 |
2002 | 25.6 | 66.9 |
2003 | 29.3 | 60 |
2004 | 26.5 | 58.5 |
2005 | 29.4 | 84.6 |
2006 | 36 | 107.8 |
2007 | 46.3 | 151.1 |
2008 | 49.2 | 113.5 |
2009 | 72 | 73.7 |
2010 | 69.2 | 41.8 |
2011 | 80.6 | 53.3 |
2012 | 87.1 | 52.7 |
2013 | 89 | 55.9 |
2014 | 81.9 | 60.6 |
2015 | 80.9 | 69.3 |
2016 | 76.2 | 79.3 |
Net migration | |
1951 | -35 |
1952 | -35 |
1953 | -33 |
1954 | -36 |
1955 | -45 |
1956 | -48 |
1957 | -41 |
1958 | -58 |
1959 | -32 |
1960 | -41 |
1961 | -40 |
1962 | -15 |
1963 | -8 |
1964 | -17 |
1965 | -20 |
1966 | -21 |
1967 | -13 |
1968 | -16 |
1969 | -15 |
1970 | -5 |
1971 | -5 |
1972 | 11 |
1973 | 13 |
1974 | 16 |
1975 | 20 |
1976 | 16 |
1977 | 10 |
1978 | 7 |
1979 | 16 |
1980 | -8 |
1981 | 2 |
1982 | -1 |
1983 | -14 |
1984 | -9 |
1985 | -20 |
1986 | -28 |
1987 | -23 |
1988 | -41.9 |
1989 | -43.9 |
1990 | -22.9 |
1991 | -2 |
1992 | 7.4 |
1993 | -0.4 |
1994 | -4.7 |
1995 | -1.9 |
1996 | 8 |
1997 | 19.2 |
1998 | 17.4 |
1999 | 17.3 |
2000 | 26 |
2001 | 32.8 |
2002 | 41.3 |
2003 | 30.7 |
2004 | 32 |
2005 | 55.1 |
2006 | 71.8 |
2007 | 104.8 |
2008 | 64.3 |
2009 | 1.6 |
2010 | -27.5 |
2011 | -27.4 |
2012 | -34.4 |
2013 | -33.1 |
2014 | -21.4 |
2015 | -11.6 |
2016 | 3.1 |
Old age dependency rate | |
1996 | 17.5918055083305 |
1997 | 17.3306689979601 |
1998 | 17.1713456744718 |
1999 | 16.9499015708489 |
2000 | 16.741564175339 |
2001 | 16.5958761294308 |
2002 | 16.4292712337026 |
2003 | 16.3466873820886 |
2004 | 16.3426245593633 |
2005 | 16.2649748351882 |
2006 | 15.9146446394769 |
2007 | 15.5929285572403 |
2008 | 15.6643673694096 |
2009 | 16.1034182240728 |
2010 | 16.7137155650735 |
2011 | 17.3351594599883 |
2012 | 18.0646434090685 |
2013 | 18.8280913399397 |
2014 | 19.505220456208 |
2015 | 20.1986534231051 |
2016 | 20.7883279603842 |
Persons | Males | Females | |
1926 | 15.5532243816254 | 14.5174838227974 | 16.4838159660107 |
1936 | 12.1231041843982 | 10.9051555902494 | 13.3004959902311 |
1946 | 12.5282353764611 | 11.2209481694776 | 13.8095478083383 |
1951 | 13.9612062290015 | 12.9839136211767 | 14.9002497629421 |
1961 | 17.6393292770017 | 16.3200792965114 | 18.8277526395173 |
1966 | 17.3002442671521 | 15.9494228037533 | 18.47068612835 |
1971 | 17.3752876577759 | 15.7843026613647 | 18.7128171356498 |
1979 | 16.7272224143895 | 14.1328358941633 | 18.8582056076651 |
1981 | 17.1961816378194 | 14.120702493598 | 19.6892590211561 |
1986 | 17.7809577083686 | 14.3038327278331 | 20.5018921826884 |
1991 | 19.5435591958302 | 16.0443229241618 | 22.1961383222428 |
1996 | 21.8501891843569 | 17.8525489134114 | 24.8446942484047 |
2002 | 23.0694425012787 | 18.381221749359 | 26.661967380472 |
2006 | 24.2702719069824 | 19.1725830741849 | 28.3135800936986 |
2011 | 24.079742194246 | 19.3256752561316 | 28.0401257983089 |
2016 | 23.532534227411 | 19.8678686945152 | 26.713257473942 |
On foot | Bicycle | Bus | Train, DART and LUAS | Car or motorcycle driver | Car passenger | Other | |
1981 | 17.5927994933526 | 5.4409025178386 | 12.7342636534884 | 1.6642025107761 | 49.2036164623366 | 10.5704762092213 | 2.79373915298645 |
1986 | 16.0404029443575 | 7.16510646227734 | 11.0084341854011 | 1.89842886612043 | 49.3586787425739 | 10.595039977166 | 3.93390882210368 |
1991 | 14.4092633752658 | 5.74015400886773 | 9.97985229585601 | 2.26536034008959 | 51.968969794434 | 10.3935426836651 | 5.24285750182174 |
1996 | 13.5540206869273 | 4.24152348449485 | 8.97861607872835 | 2.06156749651275 | 55.8550691010605 | 10.2705670315456 | 5.03863612073068 |
2002 | 12.3676276096079 | 2.3040296637933 | 7.21918082832053 | 2.2243808719121 | 60.8463625930525 | 7.29095892032834 | 7.74745951298531 |
2006 | 11.7048876020539 | 2.06603034343358 | 6.54168964247648 | 3.12653112788322 | 62.226459824627 | 5.96722326455101 | 8.36717819497485 |
2011 | 10.4555148533187 | 2.44068299634416 | 5.6214871837009 | 3.23451969384614 | 65.9728209348215 | 4.24107224980899 | 8.03390208815966 |
2016 | 9.82456297865845 | 3.18939162678781 | 6.2531985383241 | 3.54268982483233 | 64.6795513516911 | 4.33963089990034 | 8.17097477980589 |
litres of pure alcohol consumed by persons aged 15 and over | |
Italy | 6.1 |
Malta | 7.2 |
Austria | 8.5 |
Sweden | 8.7 |
Cyprus | 9.1 |
Greece | 9.3 |
Netherlands | 9.6 |
Denmark | 10.2 |
Estonia | 10.3 |
Germany | 10.6 |
Latvia | 10.6 |
Spain | 10.6 |
Belgium | 10.8 |
Ireland | 10.9 |
Slovenia | 10.9 |
Luxembourg | 11.2 |
Bulgaria | 11.3 |
Poland | 11.5 |
France | 11.6 |
Croatia | 11.7 |
Finland | 11.9 |
United Kingdom | 12 |
Hungary | 12.4 |
Portugal | 12.5 |
Slovakia | 12.5 |
Romania | 12.9 |
Czech Republic | 14.1 |
Lithuania | 16.2 |
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