Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2009, Netherlands's employment decreased by 8.5% compared to 2008, reaching 168k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 7,242k.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.9% (from 163k in 2004).

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