Employment — national citizens

In 2014, Ireland's employment increased by 2.8% compared to 2013, reaching 1,654k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 171,547k.

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 0.6% (from 1,664k in 2009).

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