Employment — national citizens

In 2020, Ireland's employment decreased by 1.7% compared to 2019, reaching 1,826k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 176,467k.

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 7.1% (from 1,706k in 2015).

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