Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2024, Ireland's employment increased by 7.9% compared to 2023, reaching 548k.

Ireland accounts for 2.9% of the EU-27 total of 19,223k.

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 44.1% (from 380k in 2019).

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