Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Germany's employment decreased by 2.7% compared to 2020, reaching 2,499k.

Germany accounts for 28.4% of the EU-27 total of 8,798k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.3% (from 2,060k in 2016).

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