Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Belgium's employment increased by 4.1% compared to 2023, reaching 440k.

Belgium accounts for 6.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,099k.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 14.7% (from 384k in 2019).

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