Belgium Labour Force Participation Rate
The share of people aged 15-64 who are either working or actively looking for work.
72.0%
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Q1 1999 to Q2 2026
Source: FRED series LRAC64TTBEQ156S · OECD, ages 15-64, seasonally adjusted, quarterly.
Belgium Labour Force Participation Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Belgium, the labour force participation rate fell by 0.3pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 72.3% in Q2 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 69.6% in Q2 2021 to 72.3% in Q2 2025.
Its average since Q1 1999 is 67.6%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- LRAC64TTBEQ156S
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-07. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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