Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Department of An Taoiseach
Unemployment Levels
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach the average rate of unemployment for men and women for each of the past ten years with a county breakdown in tabular readable form. [30147/07]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. Statistics from this source are only available at a NUTS3 regional level. Unemployment rate details as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table.
Persons aged 15 years and over classified by unemployment rates (ILO), sex and region, 1997-2007 | ||||||||||||
Region | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
Males | ||||||||||||
Dublin | 10.9 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | |
South East | 11.0 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | |
Mid East | 7.4 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | |
Midlands | 8.0 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | |
South West | 10.3 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | |
Mid West | 7.8 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5.6 | |
West | 9.1 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |
Border | 13.8 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.7 | |
State | 10.2 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | |
Females | ||||||||||||
Dublin | 10.3 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | |
South East | 12.2 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.2 | |
Mid East | 10.1 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | |
Midlands | 12.7 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.8 | |
South West | 10.6 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | |
Mid West | 10.2 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | |
West | 10.9 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.2 | |
Border | 12.1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | |
State | 10.8 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | |
All Persons | ||||||||||||
Dublin | 10.7 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | |
South East | 11.5 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.1 | |
Mid East | 8.4 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | |
Midlands | 9.7 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | |
South West | 10.4 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | |
Mid West | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.8 | |
West | 9.8 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | |
Border | 13.2 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | |
State | 10.4 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office. | ||||||||||||
Note: annual data presented refers to the results for the second quarter of each year. | ||||||||||||
1 The Unemployment Rate is the number of unemployed expressed as a percentage of the total labour force. |
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