Employment — national citizens

In 2022, Ireland's employment increased by 5.3% compared to 2021, reaching 2,033k.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 180,106k.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.9% (from 1,785k in 2017).

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