Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2015, Ireland's employment increased by 3.2% compared to 2014, reaching 184k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 5,479k.

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 15.9% (from 159k in 2010).

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