Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Netherlands's employment decreased by 2.4% compared to 2023, reaching 340k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.8% of the EU-27 total of 7,109k.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 52.7% (from 223k in 2019).

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