Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2004, Belgium's employment increased by 9.8% compared to 2003, reaching 298k.

Belgium accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 7,617k.

Belgium ranks 4th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.4% (from 302k in 1999).

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