Activity rate by age

In 2024, Belgium's activity rate by age increased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 63.8.

Belgium accounts for 77.8% of the EU-27 total of 82.0.

Belgium ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.6% (from 62.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc160, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.