Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2023, Ireland's employment increased by 5.7% compared to 2022, reaching 247k.

Ireland accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 7,010k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.8% (from 219k in 2018).

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