Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2025, Belgium's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 1.2% compared to 2024, reaching 5,041k.

Belgium accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 201,574k.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 6.3% (from 4,741k in 2020).

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