Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Belgium's employment increased by 0.6% compared to 2024, reaching 443k.

Belgium accounts for 6.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,143k.

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 15.3% (from 384k in 2020).

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