Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2012, Netherlands's employment increased by 7.1% compared to 2011, reaching 306k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 11,698k.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.0% (from 257k in 2007).

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