Employment — national citizens

In 2008, Ireland's employment decreased by 1.8% compared to 2007, reaching 1,806k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 177,751k.

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 9.6% (from 1,647k in 2003).

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