Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2022, Belgium's employment increased by 19.7% compared to 2021, reaching 157k.

Belgium accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 9,972k.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.0% (from 126k in 2017).

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