Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Netherlands's employment increased by 3.9% compared to 2024, reaching 353k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 7,143k.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 60.2% (from 220k in 2020).

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