Employment — national citizens

In 2009, Ireland's employment decreased by 7.8% compared to 2008, reaching 1,664k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 174,567k.

Ireland ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.4% (from 1,688k in 2004).

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