Employment — national citizens

In 2015, Ireland's employment increased by 3.1% compared to 2014, reaching 1,706k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 172,924k.

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 grown by 6.7% (from 1,599k in 2010).

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