Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2010, Ireland's employment (15-64, all citizenships) decreased by 4.6% compared to 2009, reaching 1,879k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 183,690k.

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 fallen by 1.9% (from 1,915k in 2005).

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