Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2013, Belgium's employment increased by 4.1% compared to 2012, reaching 413k.

Belgium accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 11,787k.

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 17.9% (from 350k in 2008).

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