Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2016, Germany's employment increased by 7.0% compared to 2015, reaching 2,060k.

Germany accounts for 27.7% of the EU-27 total of 7,426k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.5% (from 1,655k in 2011).

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