Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Netherlands's employment increased by 3.0% compared to 2024, reaching 270k.

Netherlands accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

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 23.8% (from 218k in 2020).

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