Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2012, France's employment increased by 7.4% compared to 2011, reaching 853k.

France accounts for 12.2% of the EU-27 total of 6,979k.

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 22.4% (from 697k in 2007).

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