Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2004, Belgium's employment increased by 12.7% compared to 2003, reaching 229k.

Belgium accounts for 7.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,097k.

Belgium ranks 4th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.1% (from 222k in 1999).

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