Live Register: Under 25 years — every county ranked
Rank by year-on-year change instead
Live Register: 25 years and over
Higher figures on this page are generally worse, not the opposite.
These are raw counts, not rates — a larger area ranks higher on this page mainly because it has more people, not necessarily a worse underlying rate.
Figures as of September 2026, published by CSO PxStat. Accessed 2026-10-31.
Colour shows the 12-month change in Live Register claimants, published by CSO for each county.
| Rank | County | Live Register: Under 25 years | Year on year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin | 6,185 | +5.6% |
| 2 | Cork | 1,495 | +1.2% |
| 3 | Louth | 968 | +14.6% |
| 4 | Limerick | 861 | +3.5% |
| 5 | Kildare | 832 | +1.5% |
| 6 | Wexford | 816 | +6.1% |
| 7 | Galway | 806 | +4.9% |
| 8 | Donegal | 793 | +5.0% |
| 9 | Waterford | 747 | +16.2% |
| 10 | Tipperary | 733 | +4.9% |
| 11 | Wicklow | 543 | +17.3% |
| 12 | Kerry | 514 | +3.6% |
| 13 | Mayo | 482 | -7.5% |
| 14 | Meath | 458 | +7.0% |
| 15 | Westmeath | 457 | -2.6% |
| 16 | Laois | 442 | +1.8% |
| 17 | Clare | 427 | +2.2% |
| 18 | Offaly | 394 | -0.3% |
| 19 | Carlow | 369 | +0.3% |
| 20 | Longford | 338 | +6.3% |
| 21 | Cavan | 329 | +8.9% |
| 22 | Sligo | 283 | +4.0% |
| 23 | Kilkenny | 259 | +14.1% |
| 24 | Roscommon | 247 | +7.9% |
| 25 | Monaghan | 222 | +9.4% |
| 26 | Leitrim | 155 | +15.7% |
Before you use these figures
- Not a measure of unemployment: The Live Register is a count of people claiming certain social welfare payments, not a count of unemployed people. It includes part-time, seasonal and casual workers who are entitled to benefit, and excludes people who are unemployed but not claiming. CSO's measure of unemployment is the Monthly Unemployment Estimate, which is a different figure.
- Counted where the office is, not where the person lives: Claimants are counted at the social welfare office they sign on at, which is not always in the county they live in. Counties whose residents commonly claim across a boundary can therefore read a little high or low.
- Seasonal — compare year on year: The register rises when school and college leavers sign on and falls again as they find work, so month-to-month movement largely tracks the season. Only year-on-year change is flagged for these series.
Cite this ranking:
Live Register: Under 25 years, every county ranked Caveats: Not a measure of unemployment; Counted where the office is, not where the person lives; Seasonal — compare year on year StatsMapped last confirmed these figures unchanged on 31 Oct 2026. Source: CSO PxStat https://statsmapped.com/ireland/rankings/live-register?facet=under-25
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