Employment — national citizens

In 2023, Belgium's employment increased by 0.8% compared to 2022, reaching 4,357k.

Belgium accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 180,763k.

Belgium ranks 12th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.7% (from 4,203k in 2018).

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