Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Belgium's employment increased by 5.9% compared to 2023, reaching 178k.

Belgium accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 12,089k.

Belgium ranks 11th 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 41.8% (from 126k in 2019).

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