Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2020, Belgium's employment decreased by 2.3% compared to 2019, reaching 498k.

Belgium accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 15,052k.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.2% (from 464k in 2015).

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