Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2007, Belgium's employment increased by 8.1% compared to 2006, reaching 339k.

Belgium accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 11,090k.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.0% (from 293k in 2002).

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