Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2007, Belgium's employment increased by 15.2% compared to 2006, reaching 87k.

Belgium accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 6,842k.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 22.8% (from 71k in 2002).

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