Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2004, Ireland's employment decreased by 13.4% compared to 2003, reaching 64k.

Ireland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 4,520k.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 72.0% (from 37k in 1999).

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