Employment, Domestic Concept (Quarterly, SCA): Belgium
The latest reading SOTW holds for Belgium is 5,138.7 thousand persons for 2026-Q2, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.EMP.LEVEL.Q · BEL
National accounts employment, employees plus self-employed, all industries. Domestic concept differs from residence-based labour-force survey employment. Seasonally and calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 5,138.7
- thousand persons · 2026-Q2 · Provisional (P)
- Previous
- 5,136.3
- thousand persons · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 4,078.3
- thousand persons · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
Belgium · history
thousand persons · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 5,138.7 | Provisional (P) |
| 2026-Q1 | 5,136.3 | Provisional (P) |
| 2025-Q4 | 5,132.9 | Provisional (P) |
| 2025-Q3 | 5,129.6 | Provisional (P) |
| 2025-Q2 | 5,125.3 | Provisional (P) |
| 2025-Q1 | 5,117.8 | Provisional (P) |
| 2024-Q4 | 5,112.5 | |
| 2024-Q3 | 5,104.2 | |
| 2024-Q2 | 5,101.2 | |
| 2024-Q1 | 5,102.2 | |
| 2023-Q4 | 5,098.2 | |
| 2023-Q3 | 5,096.6 | |
| 2023-Q2 | 5,093.7 | |
| 2023-Q1 | 5,083.4 | |
| 2022-Q4 | 5,074.3 | |
| 2022-Q3 | 5,062.0 | |
| 2022-Q2 | 5,048.5 | |
| 2022-Q1 | 5,026.6 | |
| 2021-Q4 | 5,005.3 | |
| 2021-Q3 | 4,978.8 | |
| 2021-Q2 | 4,938.3 | |
| 2021-Q1 | 4,906.9 | |
| 2020-Q4 | 4,892.5 | |
| 2020-Q3 | 4,874.6 | |
| 2020-Q2 | 4,847.5 | |
| 2020-Q1 | 4,885.7 | |
| 2019-Q4 | 4,903.4 | |
| 2019-Q3 | 4,892.0 | |
| 2019-Q2 | 4,871.6 | |
| 2019-Q1 | 4,854.4 | |
| 2018-Q4 | 4,828.2 | |
| 2018-Q3 | 4,813.4 | |
| 2018-Q2 | 4,796.2 | |
| 2018-Q1 | 4,779.8 | |
| 2017-Q4 | 4,760.3 | |
| 2017-Q3 | 4,743.7 | |
| 2017-Q2 | 4,730.0 | |
| 2017-Q1 | 4,705.4 | |
| 2016-Q4 | 4,690.1 | |
| 2016-Q3 | 4,675.3 | |
| 2016-Q2 | 4,654.5 | |
| 2016-Q1 | 4,640.8 | |
| 2015-Q4 | 4,626.4 | |
| 2015-Q3 | 4,614.5 | |
| 2015-Q2 | 4,600.1 | |
| 2015-Q1 | 4,589.0 | |
| 2014-Q4 | 4,583.2 | |
| 2014-Q3 | 4,571.4 | |
| 2014-Q2 | 4,565.5 | |
| 2014-Q1 | 4,556.6 | |
| 2013-Q4 | 4,555.2 | |
| 2013-Q3 | 4,553.0 | |
| 2013-Q2 | 4,548.5 | |
| 2013-Q1 | 4,554.1 | |
| 2012-Q4 | 4,559.6 | |
| 2012-Q3 | 4,563.2 | |
| 2012-Q2 | 4,565.4 | |
| 2012-Q1 | 4,564.7 | |
| 2011-Q4 | 4,563.7 | |
| 2011-Q3 | 4,557.8 | |
| 2011-Q2 | 4,550.0 | |
| 2011-Q1 | 4,537.1 | |
| 2010-Q4 | 4,519.0 | |
| 2010-Q3 | 4,505.7 | |
| 2010-Q2 | 4,487.9 | |
| 2010-Q1 | 4,474.7 | |
| 2009-Q4 | 4,466.3 | |
| 2009-Q3 | 4,460.6 | |
| 2009-Q2 | 4,462.2 | |
| 2009-Q1 | 4,473.9 | Series break (B) |
| 2008-Q4 | 4,492.4 | |
| 2008-Q3 | 4,482.5 | |
| 2008-Q2 | 4,463.7 | |
| 2008-Q1 | 4,448.0 | |
| 2007-Q4 | 4,428.3 | |
| 2007-Q3 | 4,401.7 | |
| 2007-Q2 | 4,382.1 | |
| 2007-Q1 | 4,361.7 | |
| 2006-Q4 | 4,347.0 | |
| 2006-Q3 | 4,330.4 | |
| 2006-Q2 | 4,313.8 | |
| 2006-Q1 | 4,294.3 | |
| 2005-Q4 | 4,285.4 | |
| 2005-Q3 | 4,278.6 | |
| 2005-Q2 | 4,268.9 | |
| 2005-Q1 | 4,260.0 | |
| 2004-Q4 | 4,235.1 | |
| 2004-Q3 | 4,217.9 | |
| 2004-Q2 | 4,202.9 | |
| 2004-Q1 | 4,195.3 | |
| 2003-Q4 | 4,187.7 | |
| 2003-Q3 | 4,176.5 | |
| 2003-Q2 | 4,168.8 | |
| 2003-Q1 | 4,153.5 | |
| 2002-Q4 | 4,172.4 | |
| 2002-Q3 | 4,173.2 | |
| 2002-Q2 | 4,181.6 | |
| 2002-Q1 | 4,174.8 | |
| 2001-Q4 | 4,171.7 | |
| 2001-Q3 | 4,173.7 | |
| 2001-Q2 | 4,162.3 | |
| 2001-Q1 | 4,156.5 | |
| 2000-Q4 | 4,142.9 | |
| 2000-Q3 | 4,121.1 | |
| 2000-Q2 | 4,096.5 | |
| 2000-Q1 | 4,078.3 |
Source: Eurostat. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.