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