Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2009, Netherlands's employment decreased by 5.9% compared to 2008, reaching 281k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 11,777k.

Netherlands ranks 9th 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 4.1% (from 270k in 2004).

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