Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2023, Belgium's employment increased by 7.6% compared to 2022, reaching 168k.

Belgium accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 11,151k.

Belgium ranks 11th 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 37.5% (from 123k in 2018).

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