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)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · lfsa_ergan