Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Ireland's employment increased by 0.7% compared to 2024, reaching 2,102k.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

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 15.1% (from 1,826k in 2020).

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