Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2022, Ireland's employment increased by 9.3% compared to 2021, reaching 233k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 6,788k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.4% (from 207k in 2017).

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