Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2002, Belgium's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 0.9% compared to 2001, reaching 83.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 83.3%.

Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.2% (from 83.8% in 1997).

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