Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Netherlands's employment increased by 20.4% compared to 2023, reaching 262k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 12,089k.

Netherlands ranks 9th 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 15.3% (from 227k in 2019).

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