Employment — national citizens

In 2008, Germany's employment increased by 1.2% compared to 2007, reaching 34,599k.

Germany accounts for 19.5% of the EU-27 total of 177,751k.

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 6.3% (from 32,556k in 2003).

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