Employment — national citizens

In 2008, France's employment increased by 1.0% compared to 2007, reaching 24,439k.

France accounts for 13.7% of the EU-27 total of 177,751k.

France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.5% (from 23,381k in 2003).

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