Employment — national citizens

In 2010, France's employment decreased by 0.2% compared to 2009, reaching 24,217k.

France accounts for 14.1% of the EU-27 total of 172,083k.

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 2.1% (from 23,709k in 2005).

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