Employment — national citizens

In 2019, Ireland's employment increased by 2.2% compared to 2018, reaching 1,858k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 179,061k.

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 12.3% (from 1,654k in 2014).

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