Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2008, Ireland's employment increased by 3.9% compared to 2007, reaching 206k.

Ireland accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 4,533k.

Ireland ranks 6th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 919.8% (from 20k in 2003).

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