Employment — national citizens

In 2009, France's employment decreased by 0.7% compared to 2008, reaching 24,265k.

France accounts for 13.9% of the EU-27 total of 174,567k.

France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.4% (from 23,243k in 2004).

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