Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2011, Ireland's employment decreased by 1.1% compared to 2010, reaching 276k.

Ireland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 11,602k.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.4% (from 255k in 2006).

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