Employment — national citizens

In 2016, Ireland's employment increased by 2.7% compared to 2015, reaching 1,752k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 174,907k.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.0% (from 1,564k in 2011).

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