Work & Labour in Belgium 1,042 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 13.6% 2025 up 14.3% 22nd Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 5,809 Million euro 2024 down 57.1% 9th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 31.9% 2025 down 38.3% 20th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 31.9% 2025 down 38.3% 20th Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 103.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.3% 14th Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 103.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.3% 14th Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 1,426 2023 down 32.1% 23rd SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 2.45 2025 down 8.6% 42nd Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 119.45 2025 up 1.9% 32nd Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2.45 2025 down 8.6% 42nd Informal employment rate 2.45 2025 down 8.6% 42nd Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 90.77 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2023 up 13.0% 5th Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 130.93 2025 down 11.9% 31st Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 2.68 2025 down 21.0% 41st Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 22.5% 2025 down 25.7% 29th Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data 2,234 2026 up 45.8% 6th Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2023 unchanged 1st Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 72.07 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2023 up 46.2% 22nd Early leavers from education and training by labour status 7.3% 2025 down 27.7% 24th Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 49.8 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 14.0% 28th Labour input in construction - annual data 103 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 16.0% 24th Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 23.7% 2025 up 66.9% 10th Informal employment, female 3.3% 2024 down 27.0% 37th Informal employment, male 2.9% 2024 down 36.6% 41st Informal employment 3.1% 2024 down 31.9% 41st Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 96.57 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 down 2.7% 22nd SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 5.69 2025 down 46.8% 26th Unemployment rate 5.69 2025 down 46.8% 26th Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 101.1 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 5.5% 23rd Fatal occupational injury rates 0.12 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 95.1% 78th Informal employment 17.4% 2024 down 19.7% 29th Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st Collective bargaining coverage rate 96 2019 unchanged 4th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 48.2 2024 up 26.8% 10th Informal employment, male 9.3% 2024 down 39.2% 35th Employees working shifts - % of total employees 13.3% 2025 up 104.6% 40th Employed persons working on Saturdays by professional status - % of 14.4% 2025 up 0.7% 30th Employed persons working on Sundays by professional status - % of 10.2% 2025 up 1.0% 30th Employed persons working at nights by professional status - % of 7.5% 2025 down 13.8% 22nd Job tenure by professional status and occupation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Long working hours in the main job by professional status and 8.5% 2025 down 15.0% 10th Employed persons working in the evenings by professional status - % 24.4% 2025 up 5.6% 18th Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, quarterly 122.4 Index, 2020=100 2025 up 16.3% 29th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 79.4% 2025 up 4.3% 26th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 79.4% 2025 up 4.3% 26th Unemployment rates of young persons not in education and training by 9.8% 2025 down 24.0% 16th Labour force participation rates of young persons not in education 88.1% 2025 up 0.9% 17th Labour force non-participation rates of young persons not in 11.9% 2025 down 6.3% 29th Participation rate of young persons in education and training by 98.9% 2025 up 3.3% 4th Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by labour 69.6% 2025 up 21.3% 6th Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs 41.4 Rate 2025 down 16.2% 8th Informal employment, female 42.8% 2024 up 15.8% 19th Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 82.8% 2025 up 54.5% 4th Annual net earnings 33,405 2025 up 14.4% 12th Nurses by age and sex — Health and social employment 134,656 Persons 2023 up 18.0% 9th Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights 1,000 2024 unchanged 1st Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data 118.8 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 26.8% 35th Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap 85.29 Rate 2025 down 5.9% 6th Average full time adjusted salary per employee 59,632 Euro 2024 up 35.8% 4th Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children 30,811 Purchasing power standard (PPS) 2025 up 28.2% 14th ← Previous Page 12 of 18 Next →