Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2002, France's employment increased by 0.3% compared to 2001, reaching 557k.

France accounts for 19.5% of the EU-27 total of 2,849k.

France ranks 2nd out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.8% (from 527k in 1997).

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