Work & Labour in Belgium 1,042 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment rate of men vs. women 6.1% 2025 down 32.4% 68th Female unemployment rate 5.6% 2025 down 27.5% 96th Share of male vs. female employment in industry 29.2% 2025 down 11.0% 60th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 1.3% 2025 down 16.7% 178th Share of male vs. female employment in services 69.5% 2025 up 5.9% 25th Employment rate, men vs. women 55.3% 2025 up 3.2% 159th Employment rate 51.1% 2025 up 4.6% 135th Youth unemployment rate 17.8% 2025 down 19.7% 64th Population by labor force status 1.85 million people 2025 down 3.6% 102nd Employee compensation as share of government spending 5.9% 2022 down 1.1% 153rd CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 17.14 2025 up 2.2% 134th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 623.26 2024 down 16.3% 36th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 187.38 Persons 2022 up 22.1% 66th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 435.12 Persons 2022 up 7.5% 46th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.5% 2020 down 35.8% 123rd Female labor force by age 32,000 people 2024 up 136.4% 109th Labor force participation rate by age 31.9% 2024 up 5.5% 130th Female labor force participation rate by age 29.6% 2024 up 5.4% 116th Jobs gap 517.87 2024 down 23.9% 32nd Jobs gap rate 9.3 2024 down 28.5% 43rd Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 211.28 2024 down 17.9% 33rd Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 3.8 2024 down 22.4% 41st Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 17.3% 2024 down 25.3% 66th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.003 units per square kilometre 2023 down 47.0% 71st Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0067 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% 31st Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 5.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% 30th Employment by status 85.3% 2024 down 0.1% 42nd Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 85.3% 2024 down 0.1% 42nd Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0641 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% 83rd Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0641 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% 82nd Employment 5,147 2025 up 13.1% 66th Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 1.81 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,357.9% 27th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 1.81 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,357.9% 27th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 1.81 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,357.9% 27th Cases of fatal occupational injury 40 2024 down 23.1% 63rd Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.2% 2025 up 1.6% 112th Unemployment with basic education 11.7% 2024 down 23.5% 32nd Unemployment with basic education, male 12.9% 2024 down 17.7% 22nd Unemployment with intermediate education 6.3% 2024 down 28.5% 59th Unemployment with basic education, female 9.8% 2024 down 33.9% 45th Unemployment with advanced education 3.2% 2024 down 30.5% 88th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 6.7% 2024 down 23.5% 68th SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.52 2024 up 48.6% 151st Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.52 score 2024 up 48.6% 152nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 8.1% 2024 down 32.4% 104th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 6.0% 2024 down 32.0% 47th Labor force with basic education, female 21.5% 2024 down 5.6% 100th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 7.4% 2024 down 35.9% 109th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 8.9% 2024 down 29.3% 95th Labor force with basic education, male 36.3% 2024 down 7.5% 115th Labor force with basic education 28.9% 2024 down 6.1% 108th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 49.5% 2024 down 8.3% 94th Labor force with intermediate education, male 63.6% 2024 down 4.7% 113th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 56.9% 2024 down 6.0% 104th Unemployment with advanced education, male 3.1% 2024 down 31.9% 83rd Labor force with advanced education, male 76.2% 2024 down 0.3% 104th Labor force with advanced education 75.3% 2024 down 0.6% 81st Labor force with advanced education, female 74.5% 2024 down 0.8% 69th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.7% 2025 up 10.0% 98th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 56.4% 2025 up 5.4% 149th ← Previous Page 4 of 18 Next →