Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2012, Ireland's employment increased by 2.9% compared to 2011, reaching 162k.

Ireland accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 4,719k.

Ireland ranks 7th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.5% (from 198k in 2007).

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