Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2009, Germany's employment increased by 4.4% compared to 2008, reaching 1,812k.

Germany accounts for 25.0% of the EU-27 total of 7,242k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.6% (from 1,624k in 2004).

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