Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2007, Ireland's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 8.6% compared to 2006, reaching 2,177k.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 187,733k.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 26.0% (from 1,728k in 2002).

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