Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Germany's employment increased by 3.3% compared to 2024, reaching 3,657k.

Germany accounts for 28.6% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 42.4% (from 2,568k in 2020).

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