Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2014, Belgium's employment increased by 5.3% compared to 2013, reaching 319k.

Belgium accounts for 6.1% of the EU-27 total of 5,242k.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.7% (from 264k in 2009).

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