Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2012, Germany's employment increased by 4.8% compared to 2011, reaching 1,734k.

Germany accounts for 24.9% of the EU-27 total of 6,979k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.5% (from 1,693k in 2007).

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