Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2005, Belgium's employment increased by 4.2% compared to 2004, reaching 72k.

Belgium accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 5,830k.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.2% (from 73k in 2000).

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