Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2002, France's employment increased by 0.7% compared to 2001, reaching 723k.

France accounts for 16.8% of the EU-27 total of 4,304k.

France ranks 3rd out of 19 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.8% (from 604k in 1997).

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