Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Ireland's employment increased by 5.7% compared to 2020, reaching 1,930k.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.2% (from 1,752k in 2016).

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