Employment — national citizens

In 2004, Ireland's employment increased by 2.5% compared to 2003, reaching 1,688k.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 145,525k.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.4% (from 1,502k in 1999).

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