# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Eastern and Midland (NUTS-2 IE06)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Eastern and Midland (NUTS-2 IE06) was 4.9% in 2025, up 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2021.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IE-06.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2012-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (14 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/ireland/unemployment-rate-15-74-eastern-and-midland-nuts-2-ie06

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 4.4% |
| 2023 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | 4.7% |
| 2021 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 5.8% |
| 2019 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 5.6% |
| 2017 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 8.2% |
| 2015 | 9.4% |
| 2014 | 11.5% |
| 2013 | 13.6% |
| 2012 | 14.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE-06.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE-06.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```