Work & Labour in Belgium

1,042 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 120 Thousand persons 2020 down 16.1% 13th
Unemployment by sex, age and other typologies 228.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 9.0% 6th
Employment in Foreign Affiliates of Domestic Enterprises 7.35 2023 down 43.6% 12th
Health personnel employed in hospital - historical data 8,395 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2019 up 38.2% 20th
Employment in the environmental goods and services sector 89,316 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2022 up 34.7% 18th
Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 196 Thousand persons 2025 13th
Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment rates by 61.7 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 6.8% 27th
Labour force participation rates by migration status, citizenship and 62.7% 2025 33rd
Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 58.8% 2025 32nd
Employed persons by migration status, occupation and educational 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 14th
Employed persons by migration status, professional status and 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 14th
Employees by migration status and employment contract 4,370 Thousand persons 2025 14th
Unemployment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 6.2% 2025 18th
Services by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, H-N, S95) 18,830 2020 up 2.6% 25th
Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 96 Thousand persons 2025 13th
Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) 144,610 2020 up 1.0% 15th
Construction by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, F) 127,121 2020 up 37.9% 12th
Supplementary indicators to unemployment - quarterly data 182 Thousand persons 2020 up 378.9% 14th
Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 569 Thousand persons 2025 12th
Industry by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, B-E) 179 2020 down 38.9% 32nd
Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 161 Thousand persons 2020 up 335.1% 15th
Private households by migration status, labour status and household 5,243 Thousand households 2025 11th
Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2006 = 100) - quarterly 99.7 Index, 2006=100 2020 down 9.2% 20th
Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 443 Thousand persons 2025 9th
Persons employed in multinational enterprise groups by size class 1.3 Millions of persons employed 2024 up 44.4% 12th
Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 163.5 Thousand 2020 up 34.5% 13th
Employer business demography by legal form and NACE Rev. 2 activity 218,988 2017 up 1.2% 17th
Employer business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity 218,988 2017 up 5.0% 17th
Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings 3.12 million 2022 up 36.6% 15th
Structure of earnings survey - monthly earnings 3,664 2022 up 33.3% 6th
Employment in principal railway enterprises, by type of railway 38,792 Number 2009 down 6.6% 10th
Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex 38,792 Number 2009 down 6.6% 10th
Labour force: number of persons and farm work (AWU) by sex of worker 65,600 Annual working unit (AWU) 2007 down 17.1% 13th
Labour force: number of persons and farm work (AWU) by sex of worker 65,600 Annual working unit (AWU) 2007 down 17.1% 13th
Employed HRST with tertiary education by age, field of education and 2,474 Thousand 2013 up 39.9% 12th
Teachers (ISCED 0-4) and academic staff (ISCED 5-6) by employment 98,999 Number 2012 up 37.6% 11th
Number of enterprises and persons employed by category of credit 110 2012 down 5.2% 19th
Language learning 0.1 2012 unchanged 30th
Self-perceived long-standing limitations in usual activities due to 66.7 Thousand 2013 up 11.0% 16th
Employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) 4,437 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.1% 16th
Self-employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) 574.7 Thousand persons 2008 down 2.9% 16th
Employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) 3,810 Thousand persons 2008 up 19.6% 15th
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 4,446 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.3% 16th
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 4,437 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.1% 16th
Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 36.7 Hour 2008 down 4.7% 29th
Average actual weekly hours worked in the second job of persons who 12.4 Hour 2008 down 5.3% 28th
Temporary employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) 315.4 Thousand persons 2008 up 27.2% 17th
Employed HRST by category, age and NACE Rev. 1.1 activity 2,102 Thousand 2008 up 32.8% 14th
Employed HRST by category, sex, age and NACE Rev. 1.1 activity 2,102 Thousand 2008 up 32.8% 14th
Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by professional 36.8 Hour 2008 down 3.2% 31st
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 4,437 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.1% 16th
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 4,437 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.1% 16th
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 4,437 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.1% 16th
Employed persons by detailed economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) 74.5 Thousand persons 2008 down 10.0% 26th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - item weights 1,000 2007 unchanged 1st
Employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) (1998-2008) 4,449 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.5% 16th
Self-employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) 581.2 Thousand persons 2008 down 1.8% 15th
Employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 1.1) (1998-2008) 3,828 Thousand persons 2008 up 20.1% 15th
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 4,449 Thousand persons 2008 up 15.5% 16th
Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 36.5 Hour 2008 down 5.2% 29th