Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2025, Belgium's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 3.5% compared to 2024, reaching 123.0.

Belgium accounts for 92.6% of the EU-27 total of 132.8.

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 15.8% (from 106.2 in 2020).

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