Belgium Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Belgium increased to 65 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 63.70 percent in the second quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in Belgium averaged 60.65 percent from 1992 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 65 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and a record low of 55.70 percent in the second quarter of 1994.

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Belgium Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.50	11.00	5.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4068.80	4056.40	4068.80	3010.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	304216.00	308831.00	533460.00	294870.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	69.20	67.90	69.20	63.60	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.70	3.10	5.70	2.70	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.70	15.70	26.00	14.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	111.60	111.00	111.60	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	149180.00	145757.00	149180.00	70256.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	1562.59	1562.59	1562.59	1074.44	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	3.10	4.10	6.80	-6.50	percent	[+]
Population	11.41	11.35	11.41	9.13	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	65.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1580.00	1600.00	1600.00	1520.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1090.00	1110.00	1110.00	1040.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages	3445.00	3414.00	3445.00	2238.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3050.00	3090.00	3110.00	2910.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	94.00	110.30	120.50	72.50	Index Points	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1890.00	1870.00	1950.00	1770.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Productivity	100.30	93.80	112.60	82.40	Index Points	[+]
Part Time Employment	1175.40	1140.80	1175.40	602.20	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.38	0.40	1.00	-0.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	65.00	63.70	65.00	55.70	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	3562.20	3502.50	3562.20	2643.50	Thousand	[+]

In Belgium, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Belgium Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Belgium Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	65.00	63.70	65.00	55.70	1992 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Mexico	96.74	Nov/18	96.76	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	75.70	Sep/18	75.5	75.7 : 65.6	%
France	65.90	Sep/18	65.8	65.9 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.01	Sep/18	63.53	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.30	Nov/18	62.2	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.70	Dec/18	61.7	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.60	Dec/18	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.40	Nov/18	60.6	63.5 : 55.9	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Russia	59.90	Nov/18	59.8	66.6 : 59.3	%
Italy	58.60	Nov/18	58.6	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.70	Nov/18	54.5	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	47.40	Oct/18	47.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.10	Sep/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.50	Sep/18	41.9	43.4 : 36.3	%