Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2004, Ireland's employment increased by 13.9% compared to 2003, reaching 23k.

Ireland accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,097k.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 90.1% (from 12k in 1999).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.