Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2021, Belgium's employment increased by 8.2% compared to 2020, reaching 539k.

Belgium accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 15,122k.

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 16.1% (from 464k in 2016).

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