Employment — national citizens

In 2013, Ireland's employment increased by 3.2% compared to 2012, reaching 1,609k.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 169,933k.

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 10.9% (from 1,806k in 2008).

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