Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for employment was 12,789k .

That is a 5.8% rose versus 2024 (12,089k).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 47.5% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (3,657k, 2025) and Bulgaria the lowest (9k, 2025) — a ratio of 430.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan; every value links back to the canonical source.