Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2020, Ireland's employment increased by 2.2% compared to 2019, reaching 159k.

Ireland accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 8,669k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 51.9% (from 105k in 2015).

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