Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2015, Ireland's employment increased by 3.8% compared to 2014, reaching 289k.

Ireland accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 12,670k.

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 grown by 3.4% (from 280k in 2010).

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