Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2008, Germany's employment increased by 2.9% compared to 2007, reaching 1,495k.

Germany accounts for 33.0% of the EU-27 total of 4,533k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.2% (from 1,254k in 2003).

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