Employment rates by citizenship

In 2025, Ireland's employment rates by citizenship increased by 0.0% compared to 2024, reaching 78.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.4%.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.1% (from 73.2% in 2020).

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