Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2004, Netherlands's employment decreased by 2.2% compared to 2003, reaching 270k.

Netherlands accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 7,617k.

Netherlands ranks 6th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.8% (from 239k in 1999).

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