# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Southern (NUTS-2 IE05)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Southern (NUTS-2 IE05) was 4.2% in 2025, up 0.1 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2023.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IE-05.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-southern-nuts-2-ie05

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 5.8% |
| 2019 | 5.5% |
| 2018 | 6.2% |
| 2017 | 7.0% |
| 2016 | 8.6% |
| 2015 | 10.7% |
| 2014 | 12.7% |
| 2013 | 14.3% |
| 2012 | 16.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE-05.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE-05.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```