Belgium Labor Force Participation Rate 1999-2018 | Data | Chart

Labor Force Participation Rate in Belgium decreased to 68.10 percent in the first quarter of 2018 from 68.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. Labor Force Participation Rate in Belgium averaged 66.55 percent from 1999 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 68.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and a record low of 63.60 percent in the second quarter of 2001.

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Belgium Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.50	6.20	11.00	6.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4056.40	4030.70	4056.40	3010.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	313293.00	316959.00	533460.00	294870.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	68.10	68.60	68.60	63.60	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.10	3.30	5.70	2.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.10	19.10	26.20	14.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	111.00	110.20	111.00	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	145757.00	140685.00	145757.00	70256.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	1562.59	1562.59	1562.59	1074.44	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	3.70	3.60	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	1490.00	1520.00	1630.00	1490.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1030.00	1040.00	1090.00	1030.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages	3445.00	3414.00	3445.00	2238.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3120.00	3100.00	3120.00	2920.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	100.30	120.50	120.50	72.50	Index Points	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1890.00	1860.00	1890.00	1760.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Productivity	100.30	93.80	112.60	82.40	Index Points	[+]
Part Time Employment	1139.60	1148.40	1173.80	602.20	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.40	0.30	1.00	-0.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	63.70	63.90	64.10	55.70	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	3518.60	3515.10	3518.60	2643.50	Thousand	[+]

Belgium Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides the latest reported value for - Belgium Labor Force Participation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Belgium Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	68.10	68.60	68.60	63.60	1999 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	78.80	Jul/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.20	Jun/18	72.2	72.2	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.40	Mar/18	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3	55.3	%	Yearly
Italy	65.50	Aug/18	65.6	65.9	61.7	%	Monthly
Australia	65.40	Sep/18	65.7	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.40	Sep/18	65.3	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	63.90	Mar/18	64	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.50	Sep/18	63.4	63.9	48.5	%	Monthly
Russia	63.40	Aug/18	62.9	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.70	Sep/18	62.7	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Japan	61.70	Aug/18	61.5	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Brazil	61.60	Aug/18	61.5	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Germany	61.00	Mar/18	61.7	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Mexico	60.00	Aug/18	59.7	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
South Africa	59.10	Jun/18	59.3	60.8	53.6	%	Quarterly
Spain	58.80	Jun/18	58.46	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.00	Mar/18	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Saudi Arabia	55.50	Mar/18	55.6	56.5	47.8	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Jul/18	53.2	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly
Argentina	46.40	Jun/18	46.7	46.9	44.5	%	Quarterly