Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2019, Ireland's employment increased by 2.7% compared to 2018, reaching 225k.

Ireland accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 6,761k.

Ireland ranks 7th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.8% (from 179k in 2014).

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