Employment — national citizens

In 2018, Ireland's employment increased by 1.8% compared to 2017, reaching 1,817k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 177,872k.

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 grown by 13.0% (from 1,609k in 2013).

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