Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2022, Ireland's employment increased by 15.9% compared to 2021, reaching 458k.

Ireland accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 16,782k.

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 37.0% (from 335k in 2017).

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