Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Ireland's employment increased by 11.4% compared to 2024, reaching 325k.

Ireland accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

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 104.0% (from 159k in 2020).

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