Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2018, Belgium's employment decreased by 2.9% compared to 2017, reaching 123k.

Belgium accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 8,309k.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.3% (from 110k in 2013).

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