IE · 2017 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Ireland, 2017

Employment rates by citizenship
62.4%
Ireland, 2017
▲ 2.1% vs 2016 (61.1%)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's employment rates by citizenship increased by 2.1% compared to 2016, reaching 62.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 61.3%.

Ireland ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.0% (from 56.2% in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
101.8%
EU-27: 61.3%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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