Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2024, Belgium's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 0.5% compared to 2023, reaching 4,981k.

Belgium accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 200,748k.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.4% (from 4,771k in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.