Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2006, Belgium's employment increased by 4.3% compared to 2005, reaching 314k.

Belgium accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 10,171k.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.7% (from 306k in 2001).

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