Employment — national citizens

In 2006, Germany's employment increased by 2.2% compared to 2005, reaching 33,541k.

Germany accounts for 19.3% of the EU-27 total of 173,476k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.4% (from 33,090k in 2001).

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