Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2020, Ireland's employment (15-64, all citizenships) decreased by 1.5% compared to 2019, reaching 2,204k.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 191,681k.

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 10.5% (from 1,995k in 2015).

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