Employment — national citizens

In 2023, Ireland's employment increased by 1.5% compared to 2022, reaching 2,063k.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 180,763k.

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 13.5% (from 1,817k in 2018).

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