Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2005, Belgium's employment increased by 1.0% compared to 2004, reaching 301k.

Belgium accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 9,363k.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.6% (from 303k in 2000).

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