Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2011, Germany's employment increased by 1.5% compared to 2010, reaching 1,655k.

Germany accounts for 23.6% of the EU-27 total of 7,013k.

Germany ranks 1st 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 1.8% (from 1,626k in 2006).

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