Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2010, Netherlands's employment decreased by 6.8% compared to 2009, reaching 157k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,046k.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.5% (from 142k in 2005).

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