Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2021, Netherlands's employment increased by 29.1% compared to 2020, reaching 284k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 6,286k.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 61.9% (from 176k in 2016).

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