Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2002, Belgium's employment decreased by 4.3% compared to 2001, reaching 293k.

Belgium accounts for 4.1% of the EU-27 total of 7,153k.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.4% (from 258k in 1997).

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