Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2023, Belgium's employment decreased by 2.9% compared to 2022, reaching 423k.

Belgium accounts for 6.0% of the EU-27 total of 7,010k.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 13.7% (from 372k in 2018).

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