Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2011, Ireland's employment decreased by 1.1% compared to 2010, reaching 157k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 4,589k.

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 7.9% (from 146k in 2006).

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