Ireland vs Switzerland: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Ireland
4.7%
in 2025
Switzerland
4.8%
in 2025
Ireland rank
107th
Switzerland rank
106th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Ireland
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 4.8% against 4.7% in Ireland, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 107th and Switzerland ranks 106th of 185 regions.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.