Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Netherlands's employment decreased by 8.7% compared to 2020, reaching 199k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 8,798k.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.2% (from 164k in 2016).

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