Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2009, France's employment decreased by 4.4% compared to 2008, reaching 520k.

France accounts for 11.5% of the EU-27 total of 4,535k.

France ranks 4th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.1% (from 585k in 2004).

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