Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2014, Ireland's employment increased by 5.4% compared to 2013, reaching 179k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 5,242k.

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 1.5% (from 176k in 2009).

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