BE · 2025 · tesem170
Nominal unit labour cost growth
Belgium, 2025
Nominal unit labour cost growth
2.60
Belgium, 2025
▲ 4.0% vs 2024 (2.50)
Analysis
In 2025, Belgium's nominal unit labour cost growth increased by 4.0% compared to 2024, reaching 2.60.
Belgium accounts for 78.8% of the EU-27 total of 3.30.
Belgium ranks 20th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 27.8% (from 3.60 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#20 of 25
% of EU-27 total · 2025
78.8%
EU-27: 3.30
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2008 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem170