Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2021, Ireland's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 5.5% compared to 2020, reaching 2,325k.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 192,571k.

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 12.5% (from 2,066k in 2016).

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