In 2021, Germany was the country with the highest number of employed foreign-born citizens of the countries included, reaching 7.7 million employed people. United Kingdom and Canada followed behind with 5.7 and 5.5 million, respectively.
Employed foreign-born citizens worldwide in 2021, by country
(in 1,000s)
Data was only available for 60 countries. Countries for which data was only available 2017 or earlier were not included.
* Data from 2020.
** Data from 2019.
*** Data from 2018.
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