Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2007, Germany's employment increased by 4.1% compared to 2006, reaching 1,693k.

Germany accounts for 24.7% of the EU-27 total of 6,842k.

Germany ranks 2nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.9% (from 1,742k in 2002).

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