Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Belgium's employment increased by 0.3% compared to 2020, reaching 4,253k.

Belgium accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

Belgium ranks 12th 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 4.5% (from 4,068k in 2016).

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