Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2012, Belgium's employment decreased by 0.3% compared to 2011, reaching 397k.

Belgium accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 11,698k.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.9% (from 339k in 2007).

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