Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2007, Ireland's employment increased by 32.3% compared to 2006, reaching 337k.

Ireland accounts for 3.0% of the EU-27 total of 11,090k.

Ireland ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 335.8% (from 77k in 2002).

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