Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2016, France's employment increased by 8.8% compared to 2015, reaching 561k.

France accounts for 9.4% of the EU-27 total of 5,949k.

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 4.3% (from 586k in 2011).

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