Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2007, Ireland's employment increased by 36.1% compared to 2006, reaching 198k.

Ireland accounts for 4.7% of the EU-27 total of 4,247k.

Ireland ranks 6th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 977.2% (from 18k in 2002).

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