Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2013, Ireland's employment decreased by 3.5% compared to 2012, reaching 107k.

Ireland accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 6,835k.

Ireland ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 23.9% (from 140k in 2008).

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