Employment — national citizens

In 2007, Germany's employment increased by 1.9% compared to 2006, reaching 34,183k.

Germany accounts for 19.4% of the EU-27 total of 176,459k.

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 4.1% (from 32,834k in 2002).

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