Ireland has the third highest rate of unemployment in the OECD, according to new data published today.
Spain currently has the highest unemployment rate in the 34-country body at 19.1 per cent, followed by Slovakia at 14.1 per cent, Ireland at 13.2 per cent and Hungary at 11 per cent.
The lowest unemployment rates in the OECD during March were recorded in Korea, the Netherlands, Mexico and Austria.
According to the latest figures, the number of unemployed people in the OECD stood at 46.1 million in March, a rise of 3.9 million on the same month a year earlier.
The unemployment rate for the OECD area was broadly stable in March at 8.7 per cent, just 0.1 per cent higher than in February.
