Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2025, Ireland's employment increased by 7.1% compared to 2024, reaching 587k.

Ireland accounts for 2.9% of the EU-27 total of 19,955k.

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 55.8% (from 377k in 2020).

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