Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2017, Belgium's employment increased by 6.0% compared to 2016, reaching 492k.

Belgium accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 14,089k.

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 24.0% (from 397k in 2012).

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