Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2007, France's employment increased by 8.6% compared to 2006, reaching 697k.

France accounts for 10.2% of the EU-27 total of 6,842k.

France ranks 4th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.6% (from 723k in 2002).

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