Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2002, Belgium's employment decreased by 9.6% compared to 2001, reaching 71k.

Belgium accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 4,304k.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 19 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.8% (from 59k in 1997).

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