Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2017, Germany's employment increased by 9.6% compared to 2016, reaching 2,258k.

Germany accounts for 28.7% of the EU-27 total of 7,876k.

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 30.2% (from 1,734k in 2012).

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