Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2023, Ireland's employment increased by 16.3% compared to 2022, reaching 262k.

Ireland accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 11,151k.

Ireland ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 82.4% (from 143k in 2018).

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