Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2004, Ireland's employment decreased by 7.7% compared to 2003, reaching 87k.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 7,617k.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 76.6% (from 49k in 1999).

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