Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2021, Ireland's employment decreased by 1.8% compared to 2020, reaching 213k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 6,286k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.5% (from 199k in 2016).

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