Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2017, Ireland's employment increased by 4.5% compared to 2016, reaching 207k.

Ireland accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 6,213k.

Ireland ranks 7th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 28.3% (from 162k in 2012).

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