BE · 2025 · tesem080
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
Belgium, 2025
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
93.4
Belgium, 2025
▼ 1.7% vs 2024 (95.0)
Analysis
In 2025, Belgium's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) decreased by 1.7% compared to 2024, reaching 93.4.
Belgium accounts for 80.2% of the EU-27 total of 116.4.
Belgium ranks 23rd 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 2.4% (from 91.2 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
80.2%
EU-27: 116.4
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem080