Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2003, Belgium's employment decreased by 3.7% compared to 2002, reaching 68k.

Belgium accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 4,357k.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.7% (from 68k in 1998).

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