Employment — national citizens

In 2007, Ireland's employment increased by 5.6% compared to 2006, reaching 1,840k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 176,459k.

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 12.7% (from 1,632k in 2002).

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