Employment — national citizens

In 2003, Ireland's employment increased by 0.9% compared to 2002, reaching 1,647k.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 122,669k.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.6% (from 1,413k in 1998).

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