Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)

In 2020, Ireland's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 0.1% compared to 2019, reaching 120,654.

Ireland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 8,032,000.

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 78.9% (from 67,441 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.