Employment — national citizens

In 2009, Germany's employment decreased by 0.3% compared to 2008, reaching 34,487k.

Germany accounts for 19.8% of the EU-27 total of 174,567k.

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 7.4% (from 32,119k in 2004).

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