Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2021, Belgium's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 1.1% compared to 2020, reaching 4,795k.

Belgium accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 192,571k.

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 5.6% (from 4,541k in 2016).

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