Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Belgium's employment decreased by 0.1% compared to 2024, reaching 178k.

Belgium accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

Belgium ranks 12th 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 56.6% (from 114k in 2020).

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