Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2023, Ireland's employment increased by 10.9% compared to 2022, reaching 508k.

Ireland accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 18,186k.

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 40.4% (from 362k in 2018).

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