Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2006, Belgium's employment increased by 4.0% compared to 2005, reaching 238k.

Belgium accounts for 6.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,913k.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.9% (from 227k in 2001).

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