Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2003, Germany's employment decreased by 3.4% compared to 2002, reaching 1,683k.

Germany accounts for 38.6% of the EU-27 total of 4,357k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.1% (from 1,601k in 1998).

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