Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2024, Belgium's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 2.8% compared to 2023, reaching 118.8.

Belgium accounts for 91.1% of the EU-27 total of 130.4.

Belgium ranks 18th 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 14.0% (from 104.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.