Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2009, Ireland's employment decreased by 14.7% compared to 2008, reaching 176k.

Ireland accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 4,535k.

Ireland ranks 7th 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 664.3% (from 23k in 2004).

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