Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2020, Ireland's employment decreased by 1.0% compared to 2019, reaching 377k.

Ireland accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 15,052k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 30.3% (from 289k in 2015).

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