Written answers

Wednesday, 21 November 2007

Department of An Taoiseach

Unemployment Levels

9:00 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien 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]

Photo of Tom KittTom 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
Region19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
Males
Dublin10.98.25.54.13.34.44.45.15.15.65.2
South East11.09.37.74.64.34.75.85.66.05.45.0
Mid East7.46.44.23.62.73.23.13.53.03.14.0
Midlands8.06.66.65.13.43.64.94.74.34.74.1
South West10.38.05.43.53.94.44.64.64.23.73.6
Mid West7.86.64.34.03.74.34.35.04.93.95.6
West9.16.34.94.23.84.84.44.03.43.24.1
Border13.811.69.26.65.77.07.15.95.05.05.7
State10.28.05.94.33.84.54.74.94.64.54.7
Females
Dublin10.36.03.82.62.52.73.13.23.23.73.3
South East12.210.39.55.35.14.65.54.65.14.45.2
Mid East10.18.14.23.93.13.52.72.72.33.74.1
Midlands12.710.36.36.04.34.45.64.53.53.14.8
South West10.67.55.94.33.43.64.03.74.13.63.3
Mid West10.27.36.03.83.22.64.15.14.44.05.9
West10.96.75.45.73.84.83.23.44.25.65.2
Border12.18.17.86.55.16.25.34.34.95.14.9
State10.87.45.54.23.53.73.93.73.84.14.2
All Persons
Dublin10.77.24.83.43.03.63.84.34.24.84.3
South East11.59.78.44.94.64.75.75.25.65.05.1
Mid East8.47.14.23.72.83.32.93.22.73.34.1
Midlands9.77.96.55.43.73.95.24.64.04.04.4
South West10.47.85.63.83.74.04.44.24.23.73.5
Mid West8.76.85.04.03.53.64.25.04.73.95.8
West9.86.45.14.83.84.83.93.73.74.24.6
Border13.210.38.76.65.46.76.45.24.95.05.3
State10.47.85.74.33.64.24.44.44.24.34.5
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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