Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2016, Ireland's employment increased by 7.8% compared to 2015, reaching 199k.

Ireland accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 5,949k.

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 26.4% (from 157k in 2011).

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