IE · 2022 · env_ac_egss1
Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 7.4% compared to 2021, reaching 124,767.
Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 10,356,000.
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 14.9% (from 108,621 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.