Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2002, Germany's employment decreased by 0.3% compared to 2001, reaching 1,742k.

Germany accounts for 40.5% of the EU-27 total of 4,304k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 19 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.4% (from 1,550k in 1997).

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