Work & Labour in Belgium 1,042 indicators covering work & labour for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 339.27 2025 down 19.6% 28th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 52.49 2025 up 7.6% 53rd Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 5,147 2025 up 13.1% 24th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4,318 2025 down 0.9% 24th Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 55.95 2025 up 5.0% 53rd Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 2.16 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 11.0% 15th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 5,486 2025 up 10.3% 25th Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 28.04 1998 down 56.7% 15th Number of labour inspection visits 34,574 2024 down 44.7% 23rd Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 111.56 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 1.8% 10th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.266 2025 up 6.4% 41st Median monthly earnings of employees 5,780 2025 up 39.0% 13th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 35.8% 2020 up 6.1% 4th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 51,300 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 10.2% 17th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 51,300 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 10.2% 17th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 51,300 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 10.2% 17th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 4,401 Persons 2025 up 14.0% 17th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -24.2 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2022 down 0.1% 34th Number of labour inspectors 285 2024 down 8.9% 32nd Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 11,904 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.6% 13th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 5,180 Persons 2025 up 13.8% 17th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 9.73 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 44.8% 7th Trade union density rate 49.08 2019 down 8.8% 6th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 7.35 2025 down 39.7% 53rd Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 32.8 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2022 up 2.3% 24th Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 21.1 Euro 2025 up 40.7% 16th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 102.03 2025 down 36.4% 29th Labour inspection visits per inspector 121 2024 down 39.4% 21st Agricultural family labour force by age, sex of farm manager and NUTS 9.29 billion Euro 2023 up 10.5% 8th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 74,042 Euro 2025 up 36.6% 4th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 8.13 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 11.5% 16th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 48.2 2024 up 26.8% 22nd LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 8.78 2025 down 15.9% 28th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 100.0% 2022 up 20.3% 1st SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 3 2025 unchanged 1st Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 3 score 2025 unchanged 1st LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 8.03 2023 down 45.0% 26th Time-related underemployment 91.64 2023 down 46.2% 19th Time-related underemployment rate 1.91 2023 down 50.8% 20th Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 8.08 million Thousand hours worked 2024 up 11.4% 16th Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 96.52 2024 down 22.3% 35th Labour force by educational attainment level 5,478 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.4% 15th Employed persons by professional status 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Employed persons by professional status and occupation 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Employed persons by professional status and full-time/part-time 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Self-employed persons by occupation 736.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.6% 16th Employees by occupation 4,370 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.3% 16th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by occupation 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Population in private households by degree of urbanisation and labour 8,735 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.0% 13th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 62.7% 2025 up 5.0% 35th Employment rates by educational attainment level 58.8% 2025 up 7.7% 34th Employed persons by educational attainment level 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Employed persons by occupation and educational attainment level 5,147 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.1% 16th Self-employed persons by educational attainment level 736.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.6% 16th Employees by educational attainment level 4,370 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.3% 16th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by educational attainment 5,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Unemployment rates by educational attainment level 6.2% 2025 down 27.1% 19th Persons outside the labour force by educational attainment level 3,257 Thousand persons 2025 down 2.9% 11th Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment 339.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.6% 15th Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by 3,202 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.0% 11th ← Previous Page 9 of 18 Next →