Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2005, Belgium's employment increased by 0.0% compared to 2004, reaching 229k.

Belgium accounts for 6.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,534k.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.1% (from 230k in 2000).

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