Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2005, France's employment increased by 4.1% compared to 2004, reaching 661k.

France accounts for 11.3% of the EU-27 total of 5,830k.

France ranks 4th 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 2.4% (from 677k in 2000).

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