Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2014, Ireland's employment increased by 0.9% compared to 2013, reaching 279k.

Ireland accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 12,152k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.8% (from 305k in 2009).

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