Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2006, Belgium's employment increased by 5.4% compared to 2005, reaching 76k.

Belgium accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 6,258k.

Belgium ranks 11th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.6% (from 78k in 2001).

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