Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Ireland's employment increased by 2.2% compared to 2024, reaching 262k.

Ireland accounts for 3.7% of the EU-27 total of 7,143k.

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 20.6% (from 217k in 2020).

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