Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2016, Ireland's employment increased by 10.7% compared to 2015, reaching 116k.

Ireland accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 7,426k.

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 fallen by 2.6% (from 119k in 2011).

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