IE · 2011 · lfsa_egan
Employment — national citizens
Ireland, 2011
In 2011, Ireland's employment decreased by 2.2% compared to 2010, reaching 1,564k.
Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 171,906k.
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 10.3% (from 1,743k in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.