Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2008, Belgium's employment increased by 3.8% compared to 2007, reaching 262k.

Belgium accounts for 5.8% of the EU-27 total of 4,533k.

Belgium ranks 5th 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 28.8% (from 203k in 2003).

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