Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2021, Ireland's employment increased by 5.0% compared to 2020, reaching 395k.

Ireland accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 15,122k.

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 25.7% (from 315k in 2016).

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