Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2018, Belgium's employment increased by 1.7% compared to 2017, reaching 372k.

Belgium accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 6,512k.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 22.8% (from 303k in 2013).

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