Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2005, Netherlands's employment decreased by 11.9% compared to 2004, reaching 237k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 9,363k.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.1% (from 277k in 2000).

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