Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2024, Ireland's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 2.6% compared to 2023, reaching 2,636k.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 200,748k.

Ireland ranks 17th 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 17.8% (from 2,239k in 2019).

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