Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2008, France's employment increased by 15.3% compared to 2007, reaching 803k.

France accounts for 10.7% of the EU-27 total of 7,477k.

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 grown by 33.9% (from 600k in 2003).

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