Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Ireland's employment increased by 14.2% compared to 2020, reaching 182k.

Ireland accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 8,798k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 56.8% (from 116k in 2016).

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