Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Ireland's employment increased by 4.0% compared to 2023, reaching 256k.

Ireland accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 7,109k.

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 14.2% (from 225k in 2019).

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