Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Ireland's employment increased by 11.5% compared to 2023, reaching 292k.

Ireland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 12,089k.

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 87.0% (from 156k in 2019).

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