Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2018, Ireland's employment increased by 5.4% compared to 2017, reaching 219k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 6,512k.

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 29.1% (from 169k in 2013).

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