Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2009, Ireland's employment decreased by 7.8% compared to 2008, reaching 129k.

Ireland accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 7,242k.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 102.8% (from 64k in 2004).

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