Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2008, Germany's employment increased by 2.5% compared to 2007, reaching 1,735k.

Germany accounts for 23.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,477k.

Germany ranks 2nd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.1% (from 1,683k in 2003).

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