Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2016, Belgium's employment decreased by 4.2% compared to 2015, reaching 126k.

Belgium accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 7,426k.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 14.9% (from 110k in 2011).

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