Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2018, Ireland's employment increased by 8.2% compared to 2017, reaching 362k.

Ireland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 14,821k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 31.1% (from 276k in 2013).

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