Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2008, Ireland's employment increased by 2.7% compared to 2007, reaching 346k.

Ireland accounts for 2.9% of the EU-27 total of 12,011k.

Ireland ranks 8th 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 268.8% (from 94k in 2003).

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