Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2008, Belgium's employment increased by 3.2% compared to 2007, reaching 350k.

Belgium accounts for 2.9% of the EU-27 total of 12,011k.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 29.0% (from 272k in 2003).

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