Belgium Employment Change

Employment in Belgium increased by 0.28 in December of 2018. Employment Change in Belgium averaged 0.14 percent from 1980 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1 percent in the fourth quarter of 1987 and a record low of -0.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 1980.

Employment Change in Belgium is expected to be 0.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Change in Belgium to stand at 0.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Belgium Employment Change is projected to trend around 0.40 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Belgium Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.50	11.00	5.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4076.80	4068.80	4076.80	3010.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	317264.00	299729.00	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	15.40	15.40	26.00	14.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	112.70	111.60	112.70	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	0.28	0.38	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	[+]

This page provides - Belgium Employment Change- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Belgium Employment Change - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	0.28	0.38	1.00	-0.70	1980 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	4600.00	Feb/19	38300	99042 : -75015	Persons
Canada	55.90	Feb/19	66.8	94 : -125	Thousand
Euro Area	0.30	Dec/18	0.2	0.8 : -0.7	%
France	0.10	Sep/18	0.1	0.7 : -0.5	%
Germany	0.30	Sep/18	0.2	1 : -0.8	%
Italy	-0.30	Sep/18	0.6	1.1 : -0.9	%
Netherlands	0.50	Sep/18	0.5	1.2 : -0.9	%
Singapore	16.90	Dec/18	19.3	73.2 : -26	Thousands Person
Spain	0.70	Dec/18	0.4	1.8 : -2.3	%
Switzerland	0.50	Sep/18	0.3	1.2 : -0.6	%
United Kingdom	222.00	Dec/18	167	311 : -279	Thousand