Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Belgium

The latest reading SOTW holds for Belgium is 5,495.300 thousands of persons for 2026-Q2, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.LF.LVL.Q · BEL

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Latest
5,495.300
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Previous
5,484.500
thousands of persons · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
4,994.599
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
46
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Belgium · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:27:33.443Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Belgium: 46 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)
2026-Q25,495.300
2026-Q15,484.500
2025-Q45,505.800
2025-Q35,496.500
2025-Q25,495.600
2025-Q15,445.800
2024-Q45,443.073
2024-Q35,389.055
2024-Q25,331.278
2024-Q15,319.633
2023-Q45,372.405
2023-Q35,337.430
2023-Q25,255.183
2023-Q15,325.658
2022-Q45,337.389
2022-Q35,309.993
2022-Q25,250.221
2022-Q15,238.360
2021-Q45,241.085
2021-Q35,271.717
2021-Q25,144.548
2021-Q15,054.885
2020-Q45,087.692
2020-Q35,156.381
2020-Q25,008.733
2020-Q15,085.680
2019-Q45,105.288
2019-Q35,137.743
2019-Q25,126.280
2019-Q15,053.388
2018-Q45,102.842
2018-Q35,095.335
2018-Q25,002.085
2018-Q15,023.405
2017-Q45,039.660
2017-Q35,013.013
2017-Q24,959.978
2017-Q14,953.319
2016-Q45,047.803
2016-Q34,966.352
2016-Q24,946.744
2016-Q14,943.310
2015-Q45,000.914
2015-Q34,969.658
2015-Q24,928.704
2015-Q14,994.599

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 46 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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