Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2003, Ireland's employment increased by 21.3% compared to 2002, reaching 94k.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 7,318k.

Ireland ranks 10th 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 114.9% (from 44k in 1998).

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