IE · 2019 · env_ac_egss1
Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 0.1% compared to 2018, reaching 120,487.
Ireland accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 7,706,000.
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 86.6% (from 64,557 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.