Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2017, Ireland's employment increased by 6.4% compared to 2016, reaching 335k.

Ireland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 14,089k.

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 22.9% (from 272k in 2012).

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