Work & Labour in Belgium 89 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 29.7% 2025 up 9.4% 115th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 33.9% 2025 up 3.5% 149th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 54.3% 2025 up 1.7% 143rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 59.0% 2025 down 0.0% 169th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.4% 2025 up 3.6% 60th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.9% 2025 up 6.1% 127th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 67.2% 2025 up 6.7% 70th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 74.8% 2025 up 3.6% 119th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 71.0% 2025 up 5.0% 79th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 49.8% 2025 up 3.6% 120th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 82.3% 2025 up 1.7% 44th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 69.5% 2025 up 5.9% 25th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.3% 2025 up 0.5% 23rd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 88.9% 2025 down 0.4% 42nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 19.2% 2025 down 10.2% 90th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 85.4% 2025 up 0.7% 43rd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.0% 2025 down 29.6% 128th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.4% 2025 down 22.0% 146th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.7% 2025 down 27.1% 133rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.0% 2025 down 3.9% 125th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.2% 2025 down 11.0% 60th Employment in services (% of total employment) 79.8% 2025 up 3.1% 19th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 14.6% 2025 down 3.9% 144th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 17.7% 2025 down 7.1% 143rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 11.1% 2025 up 3.3% 145th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.6% 2025 up 6.3% 87th Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.8% 2025 up 0.9% 81st Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.1% 2025 up 25.3% 89th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 15.6% 2025 down 22.2% 83rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.6% 2025 down 17.6% 44th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.8% 2025 down 19.7% 64th GDP per person employed 147,482 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 4.0% 11th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 26.9% 73rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.7% 2025 down 26.3% 59th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 27.9% 98th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.6% 2025 up 7.5% 118th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 60.4% 2025 up 2.6% 176th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 56.0% 2025 up 5.0% 144th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 31.6% 2025 up 16.5% 105th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 37.1% 2025 up 13.1% 126th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 85.4% 2025 up 4.8% 66th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 34.4% 2025 up 14.7% 114th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.4% 2025 down 21.4% 56th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 18.8% 2025 down 21.0% 35th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 15.7% 2025 down 21.7% 72nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 6.4% 2025 down 46.1% 174th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 8.4% 2025 down 33.2% 157th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 7.4% 2025 down 39.3% 171st Productivity: output per hour worked 84.4 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 8.7% 8th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 12.9% 2025 down 9.7% 143rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 25.0% 2025 up 15.5% 113th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 27.3% 2025 up 9.1% 151st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 26.2% 2025 up 12.1% 129th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 11.0% 2025 down 6.7% 144th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 47.0% 2025 up 6.0% 111th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 55.3% 2025 up 3.2% 159th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 51.1% 2025 up 4.6% 135th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 8.9% 2025 down 0.8% 144th Unemployment with basic education 11.7% 2024 down 23.5% 30th Unemployment with basic education, male 12.9% 2024 down 17.7% 22nd Page 1 of 2 Next →