Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2009, Ireland's employment decreased by 11.8% compared to 2008, reaching 305k.

Ireland accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 11,777k.

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 252.1% (from 87k in 2004).

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