Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2004, Germany's employment decreased by 3.5% compared to 2003, reaching 1,624k.

Germany accounts for 35.9% of the EU-27 total of 4,520k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.1% (from 1,658k in 1999).

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