Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2006, Germany's employment increased by 0.7% compared to 2005, reaching 1,392k.

Germany accounts for 35.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,913k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.1% (from 1,277k in 2001).

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