Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2025, Belgium's employment increased by 0.2% compared to 2024, reaching 622k.

Belgium accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 19,955k.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 24.9% (from 498k in 2020).

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