Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2007, France's employment increased by 2.9% compared to 2006, reaching 549k.

France accounts for 12.9% of the EU-27 total of 4,247k.

France ranks 3rd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.5% (from 557k in 2002).

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