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Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2014
Labour market indicators: Belgium
All 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Total population (000) 10 356 10 396 10 477 10 546 10 614 10 708 10 796 10 892 10 989 11 063 11 125
2. Population aged 15-64 6 791 6 818 6 876 6 941 7 008 7 073 7 126 7 177 7 220 7 242 7 257
3. Total employment (000) 4 161 4 204 4 264 4 311 4 383 4 461 4 453 4 483 4 546 4 555 4 546
4. Population in employment aged 15-64 4 047 4 114 4 199 4 233 4 348 4 414 4 389 4 451 4 471 4 479 4 485
5. Employment rate (% population aged 20-64) 64.7 65.6 66.5 66.5 67.7 68.0 67.1 67.6 67.3 67.2 67.2
6. Employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 59.6 60.3 61.1 61.0 62.0 62.4 61.6 62.0 61.9 61.8 61.8
7. Employment rate (% population aged 15-24) 27.4 27.8 27.5 27.6 27.5 27.4 25.3 25.2 26.0 25.3 23.6
8. Employment rate (% population aged 25-54) 76.5 77.3 78.3 78.4 79.7 80.5 79.8 80.0 79.3 79.3 79.0
9. Employment rate (% population aged 55-64) 28.1 30.0 31.8 32.0 34.4 34.5 35.3 37.3 38.7 39.5 41.7
10. FTE employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 54.7 55.8 56.2 56.5 57.6 57.8 56.9 57.3 56.7 56.6 56.8
11. Self-employed (% total employment) 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.2 16.1 16.0 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.4 16.5
12. Part-time employment (% total employment) 20.5 21.4 22.0 22.2 22.1 22.6 23.4 24.0 25.1 25.1 24.7
13. Fixed term contracts (% total employees) 8.4 8.7 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.1 9.0 8.1 8.2
14. Employment in Services (% total employment) 76.5 77.1 77.5 77.6 77.9 78.1 78.7 79.3 79.6 79.7 80.1
15. Employment in Industry (% total employment) 21.6 21.1 20.7 20.7 20.5 20.3 19.8 19.3 19.1 19.0 18.6
16. Employment in Agriculture (% total employment) 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
17. Activity rate (% population aged 15-64) 64.9 65.9 66.7 66.5 67.1 67.1 66.9 67.7 66.7 66.9 67.5
18. Activity rate (% population aged 15-24) 35.0 35.3 35.0 34.7 33.9 33.4 32.4 32.5 32.0 31.5 31.0
19. Activity rate (% population aged 25-54) 82.3 83.4 84.6 84.5 85.3 85.7 85.6 86.3 84.7 85.0 85.3
20. Activity rate (% population aged 55-64) 28.9 31.2 33.3 33.6 35.9 36.1 37.2 39.2 40.3 41.4 44.1
21. Total unemployment (000) 362 379 390 383 353 333 380 406 347 369 417
22. Unemployment rate (% labour force) 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.3 7.5 7.0 7.9 8.3 7.2 7.6 8.4
23. Youth unemployment rate (% labour force 15-24) 21.8 21.2 21.5 20.5 18.8 18.0 21.9 22.4 18.7 19.8 23.7
24. Long term unemployment rate (% labour force) 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.9
25. Youth unemployment ratio (% population aged 15-24) 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.1 6.4 6.0 7.1 7.3 6.0 6.2 7.3
Male 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Total population (000) 5 067 5 086 5 127 5 162 5 197 5 246 5 291 5 340 5 390 5 429 5 461
2. Population aged 15-64 3 420 3 443 3 459 3 491 3 524 3 557 3 582 3 607 3 628 3 639 3 646
3. Total employment (000) 2 369 2 391 2 403 2 418 2 445 2 469 2 447 2 454 2 482 2 483 2 459
4. Population in employment aged 15-64 2 300 2 337 2 361 2 371 2 421 2 439 2 406 2 433 2 435 2 433 2 420
5. Employment rate (% population aged 20-64) 73.1 73.8 74.3 74.0 75.0 74.7 73.2 73.5 73.0 72.7 72.3
6. Employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 67.3 67.9 68.3 67.9 68.7 68.6 67.2 67.4 67.1 66.9 66.4
7. Employment rate (% population aged 15-24) 29.9 30.1 29.7 30.4 29.9 29.7 27.4 27.3 27.7 27.8 25.3
8. Employment rate (% population aged 25-54) 85.0 85.8 86.1 85.9 87.0 87.0 85.7 85.5 84.9 84.5 84.0
9. Employment rate (% population aged 55-64) 37.8 39.1 41.7 40.9 42.9 42.8 42.9 45.6 46.0 46.0 47.7
10. FTE employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 66.7 67.6 67.4 67.7 68.5 68.2 66.7 67.0 66.2 65.9 65.6
11. Self-employed (% total employment) 18.5 18.9 18.7 19.0 18.9 19.2 19.3 19.5 19.8 20.0 20.6
12. Part-time employment (% total employment) 6.4 6.8 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.9 8.6 9.0 9.8 9.7 9.4
13. Fixed term contracts (% total employees) 6.2 6.4 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.8 7.7 7.1 7.3
14. Employment in Services (% total employment) 66.8 67.1 67.7 67.2 67.8 67.3 68.1 69.1 69.1 69.2 69.5
15. Employment in Industry (% total employment) 30.9 30.6 30.1 30.6 30.1 30.7 30.0 29.0 29.1 29.0 28.8
16. Employment in Agriculture (% total employment) 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7
17. Activity rate (% population aged 15-64) 72.9 73.4 73.9 73.4 73.6 73.3 72.8 73.4 72.3 72.5 72.7
18. Activity rate (% population aged 15-24) 38.4 37.7 37.6 37.4 36.1 36.0 34.9 35.2 34.1 35.0 33.7
19. Activity rate (% population aged 25-54) 90.9 91.8 92.2 91.9 92.5 92.3 91.8 92.2 90.7 90.7 90.9
20. Activity rate (% population aged 55-64) 38.9 40.4 43.4 42.7 44.4 44.4 45.2 47.6 47.8 47.9 50.5
21. Total unemployment (000) 192 191 196 191 174 170 204 217 188 204 232
22. Unemployment rate (% labour force) 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.4 6.7 6.5 7.8 8.1 7.1 7.7 8.7
23. Youth unemployment rate (% labour force 15-24) 22.2 20.2 21.0 18.8 17.1 17.3 21.5 22.4 18.7 20.4 24.7
24. Long term unemployment rate (% labour force) 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.4 4.0 3.4 3.5 4.0
25. Youth unemployment ratio (% population aged 15-24) 8.5 7.6 7.9 7.0 6.2 6.2 7.5 7.9 6.4 7.1 8.3
Female 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Total population (000) 5 289 5 310 5 350 5 384 5 417 5 462 5 505 5 553 5 600 5 635 5 664
2. Population aged 15-64 3 371 3 375 3 417 3 450 3 484 3 517 3 543 3 570 3 592 3 603 3 611
3. Total employment (000) 1 793 1 813 1 861 1 893 1 938 1 992 2 006 2 028 2 064 2 072 2 087
4. Population in employment aged 15-64 1 746 1 777 1 838 1 862 1 927 1 975 1 984 2 018 2 036 2 046 2 065
5. Employment rate (% population aged 20-64) 56.2 57.2 58.6 58.8 60.3 61.3 61.0 61.6 61.5 61.7 62.1
6. Employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 51.8 52.6 53.8 54.0 55.3 56.2 56.0 56.5 56.7 56.8 57.2
7. Employment rate (% population aged 15-24) 24.7 25.4 25.2 24.7 25.0 25.0 23.2 23.1 24.2 22.6 21.9
8. Employment rate (% population aged 25-54) 67.8 68.5 70.4 70.7 72.3 73.8 73.8 74.4 73.8 73.9 74.0
9. Employment rate (% population aged 55-64) 18.7 21.1 22.1 23.2 26.0 26.3 27.7 29.2 31.6 33.1 35.8
10. FTE employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 42.9 44.4 45.2 45.6 47.1 47.6 47.4 47.9 47.7 47.7 48.4
11. Self-employed (% total employment) 14.0 13.2 13.1 12.7 12.5 12.1 12.3 12.2 11.9 12.0 11.7
12. Part-time employment (% total employment) 39.1 40.5 40.5 41.1 40.6 40.9 41.5 42.3 43.4 43.6 42.7
13. Fixed term contracts (% total employees) 11.1 11.7 11.4 10.9 10.8 10.2 10.2 9.6 10.3 9.3 9.2
14. Employment in Services (% total employment) 88.9 89.6 89.5 90.2 89.9 90.8 91.0 91.0 91.4 91.8 92.0
15. Employment in Industry (% total employment) 9.8 9.2 9.3 8.7 9.0 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.2
16. Employment in Agriculture (% total employment) 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
17. Activity rate (% population aged 15-64) 56.9 58.2 59.5 59.5 60.4 60.8 60.9 61.8 61.1 61.3 62.3
18. Activity rate (% population aged 15-24) 31.4 32.8 32.3 31.9 31.6 30.8 29.9 29.8 29.8 27.9 28.2
19. Activity rate (% population aged 25-54) 73.6 74.8 76.8 77.0 78.0 79.0 79.2 80.4 78.7 79.1 79.7
20. Activity rate (% population aged 55-64) 19.2 22.1 23.4 24.6 27.5 27.9 29.3 30.9 33.0 34.9 37.8
21. Total unemployment (000) 170 188 194 192 179 163 176 189 158 165 185
22. Unemployment rate (% labour force) 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.3 8.5 7.6 8.1 8.5 7.2 7.4 8.2
23. Youth unemployment rate (% labour force 15-24) 21.3 22.4 22.1 22.6 20.9 18.7 22.5 22.4 18.7 18.9 22.5
24. Long term unemployment rate (% labour force) 4.2 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.3 3.7 3.6 4.1 3.6 3.2 3.7
25. Youth unemployment ratio (% population aged 15-24) 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.6 5.8 6.7 6.7 5.6 5.3 6.3
Source: Eurostat.
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Labour market indicators: Belgium
All 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Total population (000) 10 356 10 396 10 477 10 546 10 614 10 708 10 796 10 892 10 989 11 063 11 125
2. Population aged 15-64 6 791 6 818 6 876 6 941 7 008 7 073 7 126 7 177 7 220 7 242 7 257
3. Total employment (000) 4 161 4 204 4 264 4 311 4 383 4 461 4 453 4 483 4 546 4 555 4 546
4. Population in employment aged 15-64 4 047 4 114 4 199 4 233 4 348 4 414 4 389 4 451 4 471 4 479 4 485
5. Employment rate (% population aged 20-64) 64.7 65.6 66.5 66.5 67.7 68.0 67.1 67.6 67.3 67.2 67.2
6. Employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 59.6 60.3 61.1 61.0 62.0 62.4 61.6 62.0 61.9 61.8 61.8
7. Employment rate (% population aged 15-24) 27.4 27.8 27.5 27.6 27.5 27.4 25.3 25.2 26.0 25.3 23.6
8. Employment rate (% population aged 25-54) 76.5 77.3 78.3 78.4 79.7 80.5 79.8 80.0 79.3 79.3 79.0
9. Employment rate (% population aged 55-64) 28.1 30.0 31.8 32.0 34.4 34.5 35.3 37.3 38.7 39.5 41.7
10. FTE employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 54.7 55.8 56.2 56.5 57.6 57.8 56.9 57.3 56.7 56.6 56.8
11. Self-employed (% total employment) 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.2 16.1 16.0 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.4 16.5
12. Part-time employment (% total employment) 20.5 21.4 22.0 22.2 22.1 22.6 23.4 24.0 25.1 25.1 24.7
13. Fixed term contracts (% total employees) 8.4 8.7 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.1 9.0 8.1 8.2
14. Employment in Services (% total employment) 76.5 77.1 77.5 77.6 77.9 78.1 78.7 79.3 79.6 79.7 80.1
15. Employment in Industry (% total employment) 21.6 21.1 20.7 20.7 20.5 20.3 19.8 19.3 19.1 19.0 18.6
16. Employment in Agriculture (% total employment) 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
17. Activity rate (% population aged 15-64) 64.9 65.9 66.7 66.5 67.1 67.1 66.9 67.7 66.7 66.9 67.5
18. Activity rate (% population aged 15-24) 35.0 35.3 35.0 34.7 33.9 33.4 32.4 32.5 32.0 31.5 31.0
19. Activity rate (% population aged 25-54) 82.3 83.4 84.6 84.5 85.3 85.7 85.6 86.3 84.7 85.0 85.3
20. Activity rate (% population aged 55-64) 28.9 31.2 33.3 33.6 35.9 36.1 37.2 39.2 40.3 41.4 44.1
21. Total unemployment (000) 362 379 390 383 353 333 380 406 347 369 417
22. Unemployment rate (% labour force) 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.3 7.5 7.0 7.9 8.3 7.2 7.6 8.4
23. Youth unemployment rate (% labour force 15-24) 21.8 21.2 21.5 20.5 18.8 18.0 21.9 22.4 18.7 19.8 23.7
24. Long term unemployment rate (% labour force) 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.9
25. Youth unemployment ratio (% population aged 15-24) 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.1 6.4 6.0 7.1 7.3 6.0 6.2 7.3
Male 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Total population (000) 5 067 5 086 5 127 5 162 5 197 5 246 5 291 5 340 5 390 5 429 5 461
2. Population aged 15-64 3 420 3 443 3 459 3 491 3 524 3 557 3 582 3 607 3 628 3 639 3 646
3. Total employment (000) 2 369 2 391 2 403 2 418 2 445 2 469 2 447 2 454 2 482 2 483 2 459
4. Population in employment aged 15-64 2 300 2 337 2 361 2 371 2 421 2 439 2 406 2 433 2 435 2 433 2 420
5. Employment rate (% population aged 20-64) 73.1 73.8 74.3 74.0 75.0 74.7 73.2 73.5 73.0 72.7 72.3
6. Employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 67.3 67.9 68.3 67.9 68.7 68.6 67.2 67.4 67.1 66.9 66.4
7. Employment rate (% population aged 15-24) 29.9 30.1 29.7 30.4 29.9 29.7 27.4 27.3 27.7 27.8 25.3
8. Employment rate (% population aged 25-54) 85.0 85.8 86.1 85.9 87.0 87.0 85.7 85.5 84.9 84.5 84.0
9. Employment rate (% population aged 55-64) 37.8 39.1 41.7 40.9 42.9 42.8 42.9 45.6 46.0 46.0 47.7
10. FTE employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 66.7 67.6 67.4 67.7 68.5 68.2 66.7 67.0 66.2 65.9 65.6
11. Self-employed (% total employment) 18.5 18.9 18.7 19.0 18.9 19.2 19.3 19.5 19.8 20.0 20.6
12. Part-time employment (% total employment) 6.4 6.8 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.9 8.6 9.0 9.8 9.7 9.4
13. Fixed term contracts (% total employees) 6.2 6.4 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.8 7.7 7.1 7.3
14. Employment in Services (% total employment) 66.8 67.1 67.7 67.2 67.8 67.3 68.1 69.1 69.1 69.2 69.5
15. Employment in Industry (% total employment) 30.9 30.6 30.1 30.6 30.1 30.7 30.0 29.0 29.1 29.0 28.8
16. Employment in Agriculture (% total employment) 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7
17. Activity rate (% population aged 15-64) 72.9 73.4 73.9 73.4 73.6 73.3 72.8 73.4 72.3 72.5 72.7
18. Activity rate (% population aged 15-24) 38.4 37.7 37.6 37.4 36.1 36.0 34.9 35.2 34.1 35.0 33.7
19. Activity rate (% population aged 25-54) 90.9 91.8 92.2 91.9 92.5 92.3 91.8 92.2 90.7 90.7 90.9
20. Activity rate (% population aged 55-64) 38.9 40.4 43.4 42.7 44.4 44.4 45.2 47.6 47.8 47.9 50.5
21. Total unemployment (000) 192 191 196 191 174 170 204 217 188 204 232
22. Unemployment rate (% labour force) 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.4 6.7 6.5 7.8 8.1 7.1 7.7 8.7
23. Youth unemployment rate (% labour force 15-24) 22.2 20.2 21.0 18.8 17.1 17.3 21.5 22.4 18.7 20.4 24.7
24. Long term unemployment rate (% labour force) 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.4 4.0 3.4 3.5 4.0
25. Youth unemployment ratio (% population aged 15-24) 8.5 7.6 7.9 7.0 6.2 6.2 7.5 7.9 6.4 7.1 8.3
Female 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Total population (000) 5 289 5 310 5 350 5 384 5 417 5 462 5 505 5 553 5 600 5 635 5 664
2. Population aged 15-64 3 371 3 375 3 417 3 450 3 484 3 517 3 543 3 570 3 592 3 603 3 611
3. Total employment (000) 1 793 1 813 1 861 1 893 1 938 1 992 2 006 2 028 2 064 2 072 2 087
4. Population in employment aged 15-64 1 746 1 777 1 838 1 862 1 927 1 975 1 984 2 018 2 036 2 046 2 065
5. Employment rate (% population aged 20-64) 56.2 57.2 58.6 58.8 60.3 61.3 61.0 61.6 61.5 61.7 62.1
6. Employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 51.8 52.6 53.8 54.0 55.3 56.2 56.0 56.5 56.7 56.8 57.2
7. Employment rate (% population aged 15-24) 24.7 25.4 25.2 24.7 25.0 25.0 23.2 23.1 24.2 22.6 21.9
8. Employment rate (% population aged 25-54) 67.8 68.5 70.4 70.7 72.3 73.8 73.8 74.4 73.8 73.9 74.0
9. Employment rate (% population aged 55-64) 18.7 21.1 22.1 23.2 26.0 26.3 27.7 29.2 31.6 33.1 35.8
10. FTE employment rate (% population aged 15-64) 42.9 44.4 45.2 45.6 47.1 47.6 47.4 47.9 47.7 47.7 48.4
11. Self-employed (% total employment) 14.0 13.2 13.1 12.7 12.5 12.1 12.3 12.2 11.9 12.0 11.7
12. Part-time employment (% total employment) 39.1 40.5 40.5 41.1 40.6 40.9 41.5 42.3 43.4 43.6 42.7
13. Fixed term contracts (% total employees) 11.1 11.7 11.4 10.9 10.8 10.2 10.2 9.6 10.3 9.3 9.2
14. Employment in Services (% total employment) 88.9 89.6 89.5 90.2 89.9 90.8 91.0 91.0 91.4 91.8 92.0
15. Employment in Industry (% total employment) 9.8 9.2 9.3 8.7 9.0 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.2
16. Employment in Agriculture (% total employment) 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
17. Activity rate (% population aged 15-64) 56.9 58.2 59.5 59.5 60.4 60.8 60.9 61.8 61.1 61.3 62.3
18. Activity rate (% population aged 15-24) 31.4 32.8 32.3 31.9 31.6 30.8 29.9 29.8 29.8 27.9 28.2
19. Activity rate (% population aged 25-54) 73.6 74.8 76.8 77.0 78.0 79.0 79.2 80.4 78.7 79.1 79.7
20. Activity rate (% population aged 55-64) 19.2 22.1 23.4 24.6 27.5 27.9 29.3 30.9 33.0 34.9 37.8
21. Total unemployment (000) 170 188 194 192 179 163 176 189 158 165 185
22. Unemployment rate (% labour force) 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.3 8.5 7.6 8.1 8.5 7.2 7.4 8.2
23. Youth unemployment rate (% labour force 15-24) 21.3 22.4 22.1 22.6 20.9 18.7 22.5 22.4 18.7 18.9 22.5
24. Long term unemployment rate (% labour force) 4.2 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.3 3.7 3.6 4.1 3.6 3.2 3.7
25. Youth unemployment ratio (% population aged 15-24) 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.6 5.8 6.7 6.7 5.6 5.3 6.3
Source: Eurostat.
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