Employment — national citizens

In 2004, Germany's employment decreased by 1.3% compared to 2003, reaching 32,119k.

Germany accounts for 22.1% of the EU-27 total of 145,525k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.2% (from 32,841k in 1999).

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