Employment — national citizens

In 2011, Germany's employment increased by 1.8% compared to 2010, reaching 34,974k.

Germany accounts for 20.3% of the EU-27 total of 171,906k.

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 4.3% (from 33,541k in 2006).

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