Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2006, France's employment decreased by 2.9% compared to 2005, reaching 642k.

France accounts for 10.3% of the EU-27 total of 6,258k.

France ranks 4th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.7% (from 718k in 2001).

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