People living in households with very low work intensity by sex

In 2025, Belgium's people living in households with very low work intensity by sex decreased by 3.5% compared to 2024, reaching 22.0.

Belgium accounts for 139.2% of the EU-27 total of 15.8.

Belgium ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.3% (from 24.8 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm430, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.