IE · 2017 · env_ac_egss1
Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 17.9% compared to 2016, reaching 108,621.
Ireland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 7,032,000.
Ireland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.