Work & Labour in Belgium 1,042 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by age 216.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.4% 12th Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by educational 216.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.4% 12th Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by citizenship 216.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.4% 12th Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by country of birth 216.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.4% 12th Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 3.7% 2025 up 12.1% 6th Labour market transitions - quarterly data 4,911 Thousand persons 2026 up 10.4% 16th Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for 3 2025 unchanged 1st Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th 11.3% 2024 down 12.0% 26th Employment rates by sex, age and other typologies 66.1% 2025 up 10.4% 31st Hospital employment 157,821 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 8.3% 10th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 1.0% 2025 down 75.6% 39th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 1.0% 2025 down 75.6% 39th Employment by sex, age and other typologies 3,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 33.0% 9th Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 478 Thousand persons 2025 up 20.4% 15th Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 339 Thousand persons 2025 down 21.2% 13th Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 348 Thousand persons 2020 down 20.2% 22nd Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 107 Thousand persons 2025 down 46.2% 13th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 102 Thousand persons 2025 down 32.0% 9th Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 216 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.0% 10th Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 216 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.0% 10th Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 282.4 Thousand persons 2020 down 30.4% 17th Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 99 Thousand persons 2025 down 38.1% 11th Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts by sex 39.5% 2025 up 11.0% 31st Percentage of self-employed adults by number of children and age of 5.6% 2025 down 8.2% 17th Percentage of self-employed persons by household composition 5.6% 2025 down 8.2% 17th Use of computers and the internet by employees by NACE Rev. 2 activity 69.1% 2025 up 56.7% 8th Percentage of employed adults working from home by number of children 11.8% 2025 up 32.6% 11th Percentage of employed persons working from home by household 11.8% 2025 up 32.6% 11th Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 2.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 8.7% 36th Regional disparities in gender employment gap 35.2% 2024 up 107.1% 5th Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 294 Thousand persons 2020 down 24.2% 18th Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 294 Thousand persons 2020 down 24.2% 18th Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.8% 2025 down 10.0% 17th Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 369 Thousand persons 2020 down 13.8% 18th Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 282 Thousand persons 2020 down 30.5% 18th Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 282 Thousand persons 2020 down 30.5% 18th Employed persons by detailed occupation 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - country weights 29.3 2024 down 5.2% 15th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and sex 5,135 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.1% 16th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and age 5,135 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.1% 16th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and educational 5,135 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.1% 16th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and NACE Rev. 2 5,135 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.1% 16th Employees by European socio-economic group and employment contract 4,358 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.0% 16th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and working time 5,135 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.1% 16th Youth self-employment by educational attainment level 4.9 Thousand persons 2025 — 12th Cultural employment by sex 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.8% 16th Cultural employment by age 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.8% 16th Cultural employment by educational attainment level 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.8% 16th Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.8% 16th Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 73.7% 2025 down 2.1% 39th Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 73.7% 2025 down 2.1% 39th Employed persons in sport by sex 39.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 102.1% 16th Employed persons in sport by age 39.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 102.1% 16th Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 39.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 102.1% 16th Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings 3.3% 2014 down 72.0% 29th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 105 Thousand persons 2020 up 9.4% 17th Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2.1 activity - annual data 4.1 Annual average 2025 up 51.9% 5th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 1,187 Thousand persons 2020 up 10.8% 14th Regional disparities in long-term unemployment rates 90.4% 2024 up 17.9% 1st Labour market transitions - annual data 4,731 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.4% 16th ← Previous Page 15 of 18 Next →