Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2020, Netherlands's employment decreased by 4.1% compared to 2019, reaching 218k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 8,669k.

Netherlands ranks 7th 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 30.8% (from 167k in 2015).

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