Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2022, Ireland's employment increased by 23.6% compared to 2021, reaching 225k.

Ireland accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 9,972k.

Ireland ranks 7th 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 76.7% (from 127k in 2017).

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