IE · 2012 · lfsa_egan
Employment — national citizens
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's employment decreased by 0.3% compared to 2011, reaching 1,558k.
Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 170,872k.
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 fallen by 15.3% (from 1,840k in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.