Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2002, Germany's employment decreased by 1.2% compared to 2001, reaching 1,261k.

Germany accounts for 44.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,849k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.4% (from 1,257k in 1997).

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