Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2008, Netherlands's employment increased by 15.9% compared to 2007, reaching 298k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 12,011k.

Netherlands ranks 9th 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 8.1% (from 276k in 2003).

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