Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2024, Belgium's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 0.3% compared to 2023, reaching 87.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 87.8%.

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 1.7% (from 86.4% in 2019).

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