Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2002, Belgium's employment decreased by 2.5% compared to 2001, reaching 222k.

Belgium accounts for 7.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,849k.

Belgium ranks 4th out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.2% (from 199k in 1997).

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