Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2003, Ireland's employment increased by 24.9% compared to 2002, reaching 74k.

Ireland accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 4,357k.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 119.3% (from 34k in 1998).

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