Work & Labour in Belgium 1,042 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 0.8% 2024 down 56.3% 79th Share of male workers in informal employment 0.8% 2024 down 56.3% 79th Share of workers in informal employment 1.4% 2024 down 52.3% 76th Share of female workers in informal employment 1.9% 2024 down 50.6% 74th Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 1.4% 2024 down 52.3% 76th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 11.4 2024 down 22.1% 43rd Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 10.89 Years 2025 down 5.1% 5th Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 3.88 million Persons 2026 up 7.1% 16th Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 1.4% 2024 down 52.3% 86th Workers in the reference group 843.73 2023 down 68.6% 56th Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 8,081 Hours 2024 up 11.4% 11th Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 3.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 2.0% 35th Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 943 Persons 2024 up 8.1% 14th Gender wage gap 26.39 1982 down 18.7% 6th Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 32.53 2024 down 3.2% 59th Part-time employment - Regions 1.35 million Persons 2025 up 20.4% 11th Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 0 National currency 2025 — 3rd Dentists — Health and social employment 1.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 29.5% 12th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.58 Factor of decile 1 2024 up 18.2% 19th Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 23,312 National currency 2025 up 85.0% 12th Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 26.4% 1982 down 18.7% 6th Gender wage gap 26.4% 1982 down 18.7% 6th Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 26.4% 1982 down 18.7% 6th Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 26.4% 1982 down 18.7% 6th Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 26.4% 1982 down 18.7% 6th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 5.76 2024 down 36.1% 43rd Hospital employment 17.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2018 up 0.6% 12th Gender wage gap 7.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2023 down 15.3% 21st LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 8.39 2024 down 23.3% 31st Pharmacists — Health and social employment 2.19 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 22.3% 2nd Annual working hours per person employed 1,546 Hours 2016 down 1.7% 31st SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 19.91 2018 up 5.2% 51st Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 78.6% 2007 up 5.5% 5th Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 94.7 Index 2026 down 10.7% 34th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 99.9% 2024 up 1.4% 5th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 95.9% 2024 down 1.6% 20th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 6.18 2025 down 27.1% 30th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 6.18 2025 down 27.1% 30th Unemployment rate 5.69 2025 down 46.8% 30th Unemployment 294.24 2025 down 43.8% 30th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 829.5 2025 down 7.6% 30th Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 43.64 2025 down 9.2% 49th Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,071 2025 up 10.3% 27th Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 750.26 2025 down 1.3% 30th Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 39.47 2025 down 2.9% 45th Working-age population 9,619 2025 up 6.7% 23rd Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 9.55 2025 down 37.7% 30th Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 4.17 2025 down 43.4% 38th Labour force participation rate 53.77 2025 down 1.0% 51st Labour force 5,172 2025 up 5.6% 26th Persons outside the labour force 4,447 2025 up 8.0% 20th Employment-to-population ratio 50.71 2025 up 4.5% 46th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 5.69 2025 down 46.8% 30th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 11,940 Thousand persons 2026 up 5.2% 13th Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 49.39 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 13.5% 33rd Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 94.58 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 13.5% 20th Nurses — Health and social employment 20.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 19.1% 6th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 11.34 2025 down 12.4% 28th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 340 Thousand persons 2026 down 7.1% 18th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 9.72 2024 down 24.8% 33rd ← Previous Page 8 of 18 Next →