Employment — national citizens

In 2024, Ireland's employment increased by 1.2% compared to 2023, reaching 2,088k.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 181,463k.

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 12.4% (from 1,858k in 2019).

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